Lubbock and Amarillo are very different towns but at the same time near identical . Lubbock seems to be based on wind , cotton or agriculture in general , concrete , and TTU , and medical to an extent they have the region ' s only burn unit . Amarillo is an important banking , financial and medical center for the region , as well as meat packing at tysons grain processing at Cargill and aviation at Bell . We have the largest high school in the region , largest private family owned bank in the us , and we used to have Wall Street for cattle . Not to mention the wind industry , but Lubbock has that too . We have an opera and a symphony as well , so there ' s that . Amarillo is a lot bigger than people from downstate think . People from 5 states come to Amarillo for anything you can ' t get online or at Walmart , as it ' s closer than anywhere else in their state