As a 3rd generation native of Albuquerque, I'll give you my list of pros and cons, please scroll down, Pros: Beautiful scenery. The sunsets, the colors of the mountains, the colors of the homes and buildings is wonderful. Friendly people. New Mexico is one of the friendliest places you will ever visit. I say this as a person who has been to most of America, and much of the rest of the world. Food, mostly. Albuquerque does the native food very well. There are lots of places which serve good food, but few-to-none which serve great food. Activities. There are lots of things to do. Hiking, running, cycling, skiing (though you have to drive a bit to get to the slopes), off-roading, hunting, fishing. Culture. Albuquerque does have an old and interesting culture. Now for the cons. Low quality of life. New Mexico rates around 49 out of the 50 states for quality of life. Jobs are not hard to find, but well-paying jobs are few and far between. Entrepreneurial opportunities are limited compared to other states. Public schools. New Mexico's public schools are rated 51st in America, falling behind even Washington DC. The poor quality of education is largely responsible for the other social ills which plague Albuquerque. Crime. This has been an issue in Albuquerque forever. My grandfather (a grad of the old Albuquerque High in downtown) told interesting stories of assaults, robberies, stabbings, and shootings, and this happened back in the 1930's Addiction and homelessness. Unfortunately, Albuquerque is one of those cities which has legalized cannabis and somewhat relaxed other drug laws. This has resulted in an explosion in addiction, homelessness, retail theft, prostitution, and a hundred other things. Central Avenue, which was formerly the thriving heart of the city, is now Bedlam, with homeless encampments along the road, crowds of homeless on the bus platforms and stops; trash, filth, and feces. For this reason alone I would strongly recommend no one consider moving to Albuquerque. Public corruption. New Mexico and Albuquerque have Third World levels of public corruption, at all levels of government. If you are a newcomer looking to get into business in Albuquerque, and are looking to become a service provider to local or state government, you'll have to pay up front, or promise a percentage of your contract as a kickback to whoever gets it done for you.
Thank you very much for this price less info ! I just had an interview job , perhaps moving to Gallup ( its a good government paying job )...I assume everything you said above its true about Gallup
@@ampiciline Gallup has the same social problems as Albuquerque, but on steroids. In addition to the drug addicts, you have the homeless alcoholics off the Big Rez. New Mexico ranks with California as an example of how not to run a state.
@ampiciline Gallup is one of the main stops for drug and sex trafficking through out the US the people are rude as well so is albuquerque this person above is showing the rich part of albuquerque we're shitty asf everyone is rude asf dogging you everywhere literally well mainly the tweakers but literally everyone is a tweaker and when you do go to the rich part they also dog you acting like you're going to rob them just cause how some people look😂 maybe I grew up in the wrong spot but it's shitty here it really is. Most of these people that do move here are rich people who literally vote us to death, no one poor ever moves here unless their coming to sell drugs literally i wish that was a understatement!!! I'm from Gallup and I live in Albuquerque.. we don't ever talk about the shitty part of albuquerque.. hey rich people come from this and vote Rich policies and fxck us albuquerque locals smh. This video shows the rich people area come to the shitty area and see how it is truly....
My in laws moved to Albuquerque in the 70's. We visited every year 2-3 times a year. It is a beautiful place to visit or live .My son moved there 7 years ago and loves it too!!
I moved here a.year ago housing prices and cost of gas is pretty good, but the stores inside is locked up. Makes it feel a bit ghetto and I live on the Northeast side as well. I also lost my remote job as an engineer and it is hard to find anything that is a career. I heard usually when someone finds a "career" job they hold on it till they retire. Lot of people are 20 plus years in all the jobs that matter.
Hey thanks for watching the channel! Really good point and I was watching the yahoo finance the other day and they were talking about how department stocks are down because of the items being locked up. Which lets me know that they’re not just locking up inventory in Albuquerque. And you hit it in the head but I know this decade there will be tons of people retiring.
I moved here for the nice summer weather, but I get the small town feel. I’m from SoCal and moved here from PHX. Everyone is much friendlier than I’m accustomed to. The only gripe I have which I guess is a pro and a con is there’s zero sense of urgency, especially when driving. I miss a lot of lights cuz of that lol
I waiting for my section 8 so I can move there with my daughter, how good is the health insurance because she is type 1 and needs insulin, pods and a dexcom, which she gets all for free in Massachusetts. And what about transportation? Is there trains or subways?
Health care is great here. I would do some research on who you will be carrying as far as insurance to really get an idea of what they offer in our state. As far as transportation we have city buses.
I agree with you, spent 4 days in El Paso. Not for me. It so barren. Albuquerque for some reason is vastly better looking. I have gone to ABQ 4 times as a tourist from the Northwest.
@@calgary2800 Both are great cities I have been to both, I can see what your thinking about El Paso being barren compared to Albuqurque, I think both have their own personal charms to them as cities
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@@livinginalbuquerque lol it's been awhile but I think I said huh? At which point he said that he was going to beat me up after school... 🤔 Phoenix sucked big time!
I love the videos but to much advertising for realty business I feel like it would be enough to advertise at the beginning and again at the end or something running at the bottom of screen but I’ve gotten tired of hearing it every couple mins!! Like is the video literally only advertising?? And I’ve read comments about how bad the crime and drugs and how dirty and that some things are and none of that have I seen in any of the videos yet and I feel like if it’s a city that I am thinking about moving to I do wanna see that to a certain extent also Because it’s unavoidable if you live there and with thinking about relocating from Wisconsin to somewhere west or I don’t know yet I just want to get away from the snow and I don’t want humidity so New Mexico seems very interesting the school issues have not really been discussed like how bad really are they are they really worse than Washington DC schools because they’re supposed to be some of the worst that’s kind of scary do they have programs like we do like choice where you can pick your kids school as long as you provide the transportation so if we move there could my grandson go to a better school as long as we’re willing to take him? Also what neighborhoods or streets or areas do you completely avoid because if I’m looking for houses for sale on realtor.com or Zillow I don’t know how that neighborhood is based on pictures that have been puffed up to look nice ideally you’d want to come visit to see the neighborhood but I’ve moved a couple times in the past 10 years thinking every place I was moving was decent because when I went to look at the house it was during the day everybody was at work or gone the houses overall looked decent and then I’d move in and discover very quickly that it was not the neighborhood I thought it was I know I’m not in the best situation with how much I can spend on a house that I can get some super great neighborhood I already know that I’m in around 200k or less price range maybe I could stretch it to two 220-230k but that would be the max depending on some factors but I also don’t need a four bedroom house or 1500 ft.² ideally I would like a one or two bedroom main level with a finished basement which I don’t even know if you have basements their lol I would really like for one of my children to be able to live in a home with me but have kind of separate areas sharing a kitchen is one thing but like maybe my daughter could live in the main area with her kids and I could live in the lower or something that would be an ideal situation or side-by-side town houses or something would even work but those usually go for quite a bit more not here in Wisconsin but other states plus they’re not super common to come up for sale! I’m originally from Milwaukee which is around I want to say about 1 million when you add the suburbs but the main city is 600,000 I moved to Racine which is about 80,000 people now I live in Fond du Lac which is 40,000 people and it’s way too small I would like to live in a city smaller than Milwaukee Bigger than Fond du Lac for sure I would like to live maybe 70,000 people all the way up to maybe 200 250 depending on the city and how bad some of the issues are I’ve also heard about a lot of corruption in New Mexico now my four adult children would be moving also at some point and my father he would at some point like I said ideally one of my children and their family would live with me to save money and and I’ll live a better life living with extended family and I could be a built-in babysitter with that being said I’m also open to living in a city that is about an hour or less commute from a bigger city because my children may want to live in a bigger city because they are you know very young adults starting out so my sons would like to find hopefully an apprenticeship or learn a trade and go into something like plumbing or electrical my daughter works in a group home for disabled adults and would like to stay in a similar field caregiving of some kind probably and I’m disabled so I am on a fixed income but we would be looking for probably a cash sale or a very small mortgage we do have two properties to sell here in Wisconsin one in Racine and one in Fond du Lac there is a mortgage on one of about 100,000 left and the two properties would probably bring in about on the low end 300 K maybe more I know this is saying a lot on UA-cam probably some thing I should’ve put on Reddit or somewhere but maybe people have some comments or some suggestions or ideas I am serious and I am looking to get these houses on the market in the next 30 days if I have to maybe sooner but I have no clue where to move so I kind of need to figure that out or will end up staying again and if we don’t sell these houses soon we won’t get as much the bubble will burst soon it has to lol if the creator reads this maybe you have some tips or ideas another city you brought up in another video I forget the name of it it was Rio something I think not far from Albuquerque and I believe it was about 100,000 people to major medical centers but yeah any comments advice tips I don’t really know where to go from here. Thanks
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Hey thanks for watching the video! I’ve lived here for 30 plus years and I’ve never been ganked, banked, shanked, ratchet and clanked ever lol and I grew in some of the harder areas of Albuquerque. 😎
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As a 3rd generation native of Albuquerque, I'll give you my list of pros and cons, please scroll down,
Pros:
Beautiful scenery. The sunsets, the colors of the mountains, the colors of the homes and buildings is wonderful.
Friendly people. New Mexico is one of the friendliest places you will ever visit. I say this as a person who has been to most of America, and much of the rest of the world.
Food, mostly. Albuquerque does the native food very well. There are lots of places which serve good food, but few-to-none which serve great food.
Activities. There are lots of things to do. Hiking, running, cycling, skiing (though you have to drive a bit to get to the slopes), off-roading, hunting, fishing.
Culture. Albuquerque does have an old and interesting culture.
Now for the cons.
Low quality of life. New Mexico rates around 49 out of the 50 states for quality of life. Jobs are not hard to find, but well-paying jobs are few and far between. Entrepreneurial opportunities are limited compared to other states.
Public schools. New Mexico's public schools are rated 51st in America, falling behind even Washington DC. The poor quality of education is largely responsible for the other social ills which plague Albuquerque.
Crime. This has been an issue in Albuquerque forever. My grandfather (a grad of the old Albuquerque High in downtown) told interesting stories of assaults, robberies, stabbings, and shootings, and this happened back in the 1930's
Addiction and homelessness. Unfortunately, Albuquerque is one of those cities which has legalized cannabis and somewhat relaxed other drug laws. This has resulted in an explosion in addiction, homelessness, retail theft, prostitution, and a hundred other things. Central Avenue, which was formerly the thriving heart of the city, is now Bedlam, with homeless encampments along the road, crowds of homeless on the bus platforms and stops; trash, filth, and feces. For this reason alone I would strongly recommend no one consider moving to Albuquerque.
Public corruption. New Mexico and Albuquerque have Third World levels of public corruption, at all levels of government. If you are a newcomer looking to get into business in Albuquerque, and are looking to become a service provider to local or state government, you'll have to pay up front, or promise a percentage of your contract as a kickback to whoever gets it done for you.
Hey thanks for watching the channel! Also thank you for adding this. A lot of people will find great value in this. 🙏🏽
Thank you very much for this price less info ! I just had an interview job , perhaps moving to Gallup ( its a good government paying job )...I assume everything you said above its true about Gallup
@@ampiciline Gallup has the same social problems as Albuquerque, but on steroids. In addition to the drug addicts, you have the homeless alcoholics off the Big Rez.
New Mexico ranks with California as an example of how not to run a state.
@ampiciline Gallup is one of the main stops for drug and sex trafficking through out the US the people are rude as well so is albuquerque this person above is showing the rich part of albuquerque we're shitty asf everyone is rude asf dogging you everywhere literally well mainly the tweakers but literally everyone is a tweaker and when you do go to the rich part they also dog you acting like you're going to rob them just cause how some people look😂 maybe I grew up in the wrong spot but it's shitty here it really is. Most of these people that do move here are rich people who literally vote us to death, no one poor ever moves here unless their coming to sell drugs literally i wish that was a understatement!!! I'm from Gallup and I live in Albuquerque.. we don't ever talk about the shitty part of albuquerque.. hey rich people come from this and vote Rich policies and fxck us albuquerque locals smh. This video shows the rich people area come to the shitty area and see how it is truly....
😮@@livinginalbuquerque
My in laws moved to Albuquerque in the 70's. We visited every year 2-3 times a year. It is a beautiful place to visit or live .My son moved there 7 years ago and loves it too!!
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Always love me an educational content with the brain rotted memes 😂
Pretty funny isn’t it 🤷🏻♂️ thanks for watching!
I was just in ABQ for the Balloon Fiesta-love the city! Can’t wait to visit again. You mention a jazz spot? What’s the name or location?
Gotta love those balloons! Thanks for watching the channel. There’s a few, but Vernon’s speak easy is usually a good place.
I moved here a.year ago housing prices and cost of gas is pretty good, but the stores inside is locked up. Makes it feel a bit ghetto and I live on the Northeast side as well. I also lost my remote job as an engineer and it is hard to find anything that is a career. I heard usually when someone finds a "career" job they hold on it till they retire. Lot of people are 20 plus years in all the jobs that matter.
Hey thanks for watching the channel! Really good point and I was watching the yahoo finance the other day and they were talking about how department stocks are down because of the items being locked up. Which lets me know that they’re not just locking up inventory in Albuquerque. And you hit it in the head but I know this decade there will be tons of people retiring.
I moved here for the nice summer weather, but I get the small town feel. I’m from SoCal and moved here from PHX. Everyone is much friendlier than I’m accustomed to. The only gripe I have which I guess is a pro and a con is there’s zero sense of urgency, especially when driving. I miss a lot of lights cuz of that lol
Most people move here slow down their pace of life lol Thanks for watching!
@@livinginalbuquerque lol, I’m trying to slow down
I waiting for my section 8 so I can move there with my daughter, how good is the health insurance because she is type 1 and needs insulin, pods and a dexcom, which she gets all for free in Massachusetts. And what about transportation? Is there trains or subways?
Health care is great here. I would do some research on who you will be carrying as far as insurance to really get an idea of what they offer in our state. As far as transportation we have city buses.
I think Albuquerque is beautiful and super green. I live in El Paso, Tx though, now that’s a damn desert with hardly any green.
Hey thanks for watching the channel! Wow really? I don’t remember El Paso very much.
@@livinginalbuquerque 😂exactly my point, it’s a boring, bland desert scene. Don’t bother coming here, it’s trash compared to Albuquerque.
I agree with you, spent 4 days in El Paso. Not for me. It so barren. Albuquerque for some reason is vastly better looking. I have gone to ABQ 4 times as a tourist from the Northwest.
@@calgary2800 Both are great cities I have been to both, I can see what your thinking about El Paso being barren compared to Albuqurque, I think both have their own personal charms to them as cities
Do u also do apartments?
Hey thanks for watching the channel! Good question, I personally don’t but I do have access to finding them. If you’d like access to those resources shoot me a quick text. ☺️
Honestly, even in DFW places close pretty early. Hardly anything open past 9 anymore.
Thanks for watching the video! That's crazy, DFW is way bigger than we are. Funny how it's not just a ABQ thing.
How’s the weather? (Besides the wind)
Great question! The weather here is pretty mild. 300+ days of sunshine. Thanks for watching the channel!
I moved to Albuquerque as a kid from NY around 82. My first day in class a guy came up to me and said “where you from puto”😅
lol! Had a similar in class experience, moved from Minnesota to South Phoenix...
Thanks for watching the channel! Did you tell him the boogie down Bronx? 😎🔥
@@livinginalbuquerque lol it's been awhile but I think I said huh? At which point he said that he was going to beat me up after school... 🤔 Phoenix sucked big time!
@@drizzt8965Sounds about right. South Phoenix is no joke.
@@santito8679 Yeah, this was in the middle 70s and I'm sure it's really bad now! I actually have scars from trying to be a teenager there... 🤠
I love the videos but to much advertising for realty business I feel like it would be enough to advertise at the beginning and again at the end or something running at the bottom of screen but I’ve gotten tired of hearing it every couple mins!! Like is the video literally only advertising?? And I’ve read comments about how bad the crime and drugs and how dirty and that some things are and none of that have I seen in any of the videos yet and I feel like if it’s a city that I am thinking about moving to I do wanna see that to a certain extent also Because it’s unavoidable if you live there and with thinking about relocating from Wisconsin to somewhere west or I don’t know yet I just want to get away from the snow and I don’t want humidity so New Mexico seems very interesting the school issues have not really been discussed like how bad really are they are they really worse than Washington DC schools because they’re supposed to be some of the worst that’s kind of scary do they have programs like we do like choice where you can pick your kids school as long as you provide the transportation so if we move there could my grandson go to a better school as long as we’re willing to take him? Also what neighborhoods or streets or areas do you completely avoid because if I’m looking for houses for sale on realtor.com or Zillow I don’t know how that neighborhood is based on pictures that have been puffed up to look nice ideally you’d want to come visit to see the neighborhood but I’ve moved a couple times in the past 10 years thinking every place I was moving was decent because when I went to look at the house it was during the day everybody was at work or gone the houses overall looked decent and then I’d move in and discover very quickly that it was not the neighborhood I thought it was I know I’m not in the best situation with how much I can spend on a house that I can get some super great neighborhood I already know that I’m in around 200k or less price range maybe I could stretch it to two 220-230k but that would be the max depending on some factors but I also don’t need a four bedroom house or 1500 ft.² ideally I would like a one or two bedroom main level with a finished basement which I don’t even know if you have basements their lol I would really like for one of my children to be able to live in a home with me but have kind of separate areas sharing a kitchen is one thing but like maybe my daughter could live in the main area with her kids and I could live in the lower or something that would be an ideal situation or side-by-side town houses or something would even work but those usually go for quite a bit more not here in Wisconsin but other states plus they’re not super common to come up for sale! I’m originally from Milwaukee which is around I want to say about 1 million when you add the suburbs but the main city is 600,000 I moved to Racine which is about 80,000 people now I live in Fond du Lac which is 40,000 people and it’s way too small I would like to live in a city smaller than Milwaukee Bigger than Fond du Lac for sure I would like to live maybe 70,000 people all the way up to maybe 200 250 depending on the city and how bad some of the issues are I’ve also heard about a lot of corruption in New Mexico now my four adult children would be moving also at some point and my father he would at some point like I said ideally one of my children and their family would live with me to save money and and I’ll live a better life living with extended family and I could be a built-in babysitter with that being said I’m also open to living in a city that is about an hour or less commute from a bigger city because my children may want to live in a bigger city because they are you know very young adults starting out so my sons would like to find hopefully an apprenticeship or learn a trade and go into something like plumbing or electrical my daughter works in a group home for disabled adults and would like to stay in a similar field caregiving of some kind probably and I’m disabled so I am on a fixed income but we would be looking for probably a cash sale or a very small mortgage we do have two properties to sell here in Wisconsin one in Racine and one in Fond du Lac there is a mortgage on one of about 100,000 left and the two properties would probably bring in about on the low end 300 K maybe more I know this is saying a lot on UA-cam probably some thing I should’ve put on Reddit or somewhere but maybe people have some comments or some suggestions or ideas I am serious and I am looking to get these houses on the market in the next 30 days if I have to maybe sooner but I have no clue where to move so I kind of need to figure that out or will end up staying again and if we don’t sell these houses soon we won’t get as much the bubble will burst soon it has to lol if the creator reads this maybe you have some tips or ideas another city you brought up in another video I forget the name of it it was Rio something I think not far from Albuquerque and I believe it was about 100,000 people to major medical centers but yeah any comments advice tips I don’t really know where to go from here. Thanks
Hey thanks for watching the channel! It seems like you have a few things we might want to discuss over a quick zoom call. Feel free to reach out anytime that way we can go over these in detail and go over some of your concerns.☺️
Traditional New Mexico food is so much better than Tex Mex.
Thanks for watching! You are 1000% correct.
The NEGATIVE EBERGY of big cities.
Do you feel that New Mexico has a negative stereotype is done on purpose?
Hey thanks for watching the channel! Good question, I wouldn’t say on purpose.
Pros: there are none.
Cons: there are none..
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Thanks for watching the channel! Well sounds like a very neutral answer. Neither good or bad.🤣
The only good thing about Albuquerque is Sandia casino
Hey thanks for watching the channel! Fun place but there is so much more to Albuquerque. 😊
Don’t come here, you’re gonna get ganked, shanked, and banked, and the traffic is really bad too.
Hey thanks for watching the video! I’ve lived here for 30 plus years and I’ve never been ganked, banked, shanked, ratchet and clanked ever lol and I grew in some of the harder areas of Albuquerque. 😎
NM looks great for a quick hiking vacation, but living, heck no. Looks boring and dry.
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Bro, chill with the hands please. 😅
Couldn't even if I tried! 😅