The Hub City (Lubbock) has changed A LOT. The TTU Ghetto just east of Jones Stadium on 4th and University was BULLDOZED in the biggest entirely privately-funded redevelopment effort in the nation.
The Tahoka Traffic Circle is gone. The city limits now extend to FM 1585, which is a few miles South of "the Strip".
Lubbock is one of four finalists for the G.W. Bush library.
I believe it. Went to Austin a couple of years ago on business and couldn't believe the growth.
I was also terribly disappointed to see how "California-ized" Austin had become. I remember Austin for smoke-filled bars with chugging blues filling the air as people drank (yes, alcohol); instead, I found place after place smoke-free with yuppies sipping bottled water. HUGELY disturbing.