Lubbock is also highly diversified being the hub for the area from Amarillo to Midland, Hobbs to Sweetwater for agriculture production and research (cotton, peanuts, sorghum, wheat, watermelons, and wine grape vineyards -70-80% of TX wine grape production comes from this area-), medical care and research (two top-tier facilities in Covenant and the university hospital), manufacturing, transport (major airport), and of course Texas Tech is a huge economic driver employing many thousands and bringing tons of students in with their parents money (30k+ enrollment I believe, it's enormous).

High tide raises all ships!

It is meant to ship it does sound worth it with all the training, software, and websites they give you yes it’s a lot of work which I don’t think I could commit to working a full-time job.

It was zoned residential, but the Railroad due to potential future lawsuits, required a covenant that no human habitation (housing, daycare, schools, etc) could be built on it.