Albuquerque Overview - An informative introduction to the Duke City 

and a good place to eat

@@Hgh38 of course, Loyola is one of them

Dont forget the pest controls

@@Hgh38 I heard they have a nice place where you can eat chicken

@@petezah4597 They do Have laser tag and the Car wash.

Oh yeah I'm sure it seemed really different from cities in the southeast. It was even different for me when I first visited and I'm originally from out west. Its a great city! Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

What impressed you the most?

Are you 'meth' up?

Use to be 🤪🤪😂😂😂

ABQ is the most spacious feeling city in America. It’s really unique.

Lol that’s definitely true about many people not knowing New Mexico is a state. If I made the video again I would include something about Breaking Bad since it did put the city on the map for a lot of people.

I went to Taos to ski

@@CityGeek don’t forget Bugs Bunny’s contribution. Looney Tunes is how I had first learned of the existence of Albuquerque.

I heard about Albuquerque from bugs Bunny long before breaking bad

Lol. I never knew about Breaking Bad until recently. New Mexico is rich in Native American culture and natural beauty!

I love ABQ for a lot of those same reasons. It’s a great melting pot of a lot of different people and cultures.

@@CityGeek yeah, with increasing immigration worldwide, diversity is common in lot of cities, but the kind of diversity that ABQ provides is rare to see anywhere else. Certainly worth a visit for any tourist to the US

@@rahulanand4884 I just saw these 2 guys get wasted for like NOTHING YO !!!!

Thank you so much! Your comment means a lot. I totally agree with you about the history making you appreciate towns and cities more.

Ay I'm currently at UNM lol. I'm in their drumline

Have you met Heisenberg?

Go Lobos!

have u ever seen the perfect product?

Oh and also I think Albuquerque is awesome because it has a forest running right in the middle of the city that is in the desert.

By the way just east of Albuquerque there is a giant Rocky mountain wilderness that has alpine forests too.

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@@katebushisjesus It's a reference to a Bugs Bunny 🐰 cartoon.

Haha old school joke I like it

@@itsjemmabond I thought Albuquerque didn't exist I thought that was for Looney Tunes cartoon. Thank you for sharing this time when I go on vacation with my family we really will turn left at Albuquerque

theres some parts of the city where you wanna take right turns only...

Turn left at that place too

Thanks Alex!! I appreciate the feedback so I know to keep making videos like these. Thanks for subscribing 😊

Did you build... some tunnels in there? For some chicken man?

​@@MrDead00🥺😥

@@liviamoon what do you want weirdo

Thank you!!

Thank you, I really appreciate that! I actually spent 6 months living in the town of Edgewood in the East Mountains and I think you'll love the area. Good luck on the move!

@@CityGeek awsome, thank you!!

I used to live in your beautiful city!! I miss it. Thanks for your comment!

Yes thanks for coming to visit!

Thank you!!

Thank you!!

Thank you!!

You’re welcome! And thank you for the comment!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you!

Thank you so much!!

THANK YOU! I'm really glad you enjoy these types of videos. I really appreciate your support!

That's what I like to hear! I love having fellow city geeks on the channel 😀

Thank you!! It is a great place to visit!

Make sure you stop in Santa Fe while you’re in the area. One of the best small cities in the US in my opinion (I do live there so I am a bit biased but on the other hand the town is why I chose to move from where I grew up)

Just visit...don't move, it's one big ghetto...

Thanks Ivan! I really appreciate that!

THANK YOU!

I agree!

Thank you!!

Hi Priscilla; Albuquerque was founded in 1706 by Governor of New Mexico, the Spaniard don Francisco Cuervo y Valdez like (La Villa de Alburquerque). It's was named in honor to (Francisco Fernández de la Cueva y de la Cueva, the tenth Duke of Alburquerque) Viceroy of the Nueva España (New Spain). And that is why it is known as the city of the duke. Later, Alburquerque would lose the first r because English speakers can't pronounce the r properly. You should know much of the western and southwestern from United States (California, Colorado, Nevada, Montana, Arizona, Utah, Texas, New Mexico, Florida, and Louisiana) was Spanish territory (Nueva España) until 1821 when the speaking-Spanish countries gained independence from Spain. Later would be mexican territory until 1912. I hope I've helped you. Greetings from España (Spain, Europe).

It’s a great city! Hopefully you can visit it at some point!

I want to go to Albuquerque every time I see that burger picture!

I’m glad you’re here! And I’m glad Breaking Bad put it on the map for you 😊

How is Colorado treating you?

@@b3lkin1 I live next to Colorado Springs, it’s a great area!

i dislike colorado so much

Thanks you so much!

Of course! I used to live in ABQ and I had a great experience while I was there. Thanks for the comment!

Hi I hear bad things about Albuquerque NM it breaks my heart, even though I'm a Native Californian, both sides of my family are from NM, sadly I wasn't close to my family, I want to move to Albuquerque or Rio Rancho which areas are good and affordable, if you don't mind me asking.

Thank you! I agree - I always want that food!

I was born and raised in Albuquerque. You would love the food, and how we integrate so many different cultures. Not just the Spanish, and Native Pueblo, but also the new cultures that have arrived, from Muslim, Hindu, Buddist, Thai, Vietnamese, Indian, Kenyan, Japanese, Chinese, Heck just start throwing darts at a map of the world, and yu are likely to hit a culture represented now.

Wow that is funny! I'll have to make a video about Jackson, MS. Enjoy your trip to ABQ!

I’ll be going thru Jackson on my way to Albuquerque next month. I’m from New Mexico but now live in Alabama

It's amazing! You have to make it there at some point. Thanks for the comment!

Hide your valuables and bring a firearm

It is great living here, been here since 1981. I ♥️ It. Warm weather January is suppose to be our coldness month! And it's not even that cold. No tornadoes, no hurricanes, no flooding and etc. You don't have to go out there and shovel a bunch of snow or no scrape your windows for ice once in a blue moon. Nice people, hardworking people, a nice culture, history. I won't trade for the whole wide world love it. Hiking trails, biking trails all over our city. Lots to do here you're never bored. Good jobs, very nice homes. Come and join us someday

Like Bugs Bunny always said turn left at Albuquerque

No you don't

you know the law ... and i know the crimes .. I'm thinking you and me can partner up

In general US cities tend to be less walkable further to the west, so is Albuquerque. Moreover historically half of ABQ metro population live in suburbs. Also due to high crime in downtown and central avenue areas not so many development happens there. Last decade with new urban trends some development is awakening in the area (BRT system launched, some condos were built), but not as much as it should be.

Maybe because downtown Albuquerque is full of crime drugs and homeless people?

@@zebrashark23 Classic broken windows theory. More educated and working people moving in downtown area, less space for crime and homelessness would stay. Usually it's done through government initiatives.

Thanks for the comment! I agree with you for the most part. For instance, I can appreciate the fact that a large city like Vancouver limits the the height of their skyline to preserve the views of the natural beauty around the city. With that said, I still hold the opinion that the ABQ skyline would look better if it had a few more tall buildings.

We don’t need to have any tall vacant buildings in Albuquerque there’s plenty of them already.

Amen from a New Yorker. 🤗

Nah they're cool

You're elementary in Your thinking...

Thank you!!

Tucson has got to be better,crimewise.Less cold weather,too.

Albuquerque definitely! 😁

Tucson for sure.

Albuquerque! Tucsons great too though

I'm sure the feeling was mutual.

@@user-qp6wm4bg1i I know. Good to know others do, too.

​@@user-qp6wm4bg1iI really was looking forward to ABQ but when I got there February of 2021, I caught the news and there were 4 dead people dismembered in a car at the airport. There were also dozens of Amber alerts! I was shocked to have to use an FOB to get in the apt complex. March 30, I went back to Ca, to a beach town. I could breathe again, and I haven't seen an Amber alert; not one. It's too bad because I was coming there to bring my psychology practice to help people after covid isolation on a low scale basis. People said horrible things to me due to my Ca plates on my car. Right now, it's after 11pm and no gates with locks. No trouble here, and no chopping up bodies.

Hahah! I'm from Chicago where the latter is also an issue. We don't have pretty mountains though :(

denver has it way worse.

Thank you! lol

I totally agree!

The Sandia mountains compensate for the horrible government, bad crime rates, poverty, poor childhood education, lack of jobs and I know I'm missing some other stuff. If I didn't think this land was so beautiful I would leave this place.

@@caslone88 yeah its beautiful until you travel around the city and every other block looks like a 3rd world country or somewhere in Mexico.

Let’s enjoy the nature around us. The more we build the less enjoyable it’s going to be. By the way we don’t need to have any tall skyscrapers we’ve got plenty of other buildings that are sitting vacant in downtown!

Let’s cook

@@sul835 yeah but here's the thing yo.... my signature recipe is the BOMB yo... chilly P

One of the wittiest comments I've seen under this video 🤣🤣

Thank you! Yeah if I made the video again I’d be sure to include the university. I’ve started doing that when I review city’s but this is one of the first videos that I made.

I truly believe you are dumb and overdramatic

Thank you!!

You're not along with that craving! It's not a large city so you can see most of the interesting things in a day or two. I'd definitely recommend visiting!

"How many days does it take to see the city? We might have to stop by there sometime" Good grief.

It’s a great city!

Yeah I think their name is so fitting! Thanks for the comment!

Wow really? We would’ve never known that without you. thank you so much for enlightening us!

Does that mean the manzano mountains resemble apples?

Thank you!!

What would you like to know?

@@jonsanchez141 Best places to live in the area? Things to do., places to visit. I’m heading out to visit in August. Can’t wait!

@@ret435 If you're wanting to move to the ABQ Area, definitely try to avoid the SE part of town known as the "War Zone," as well as West Gate, and West Central. It can be very dangerous in these parts of town. The South Valley is not as dangerous, but that is probably the poorest part of town. The North Valley has poverty, with pockets of mansions. And also avoid Downtown at night. I work down there during the day, and it has some hole in the wall places to eat, but just avoid it at night. For safer areas, look into the NW part of town, near Cottonwood Mall. Paradise Hills is also nice, as is Taylor Ranch, and Ventana Ranch. Those areas are suburban, and traffic can be hit or miss getting into town to get to work (most of the jobs are on the East side of the Rio Grande, and there are only so many roads to get over the river). I personally would love to buy a home in the University Heights area. If you have more money, richer areas are the NE Heights, the Foothills, Corrales, and Los Ranchos de Albuquerque. Those areas are where most of Albuquerque's mansions are.

@@ret435 For places to visit, very touristy areas are Old Town, Sandia Tram, The ABQ Biopark, and the cluster of Museums on Mountain. (I also like Tinkertown Museum, which is in the mountains in a town called Sandia Crest). Then there's Nob Hill, which is a quirky collection of restaurants and boutique shops near the University. And the ABQ Uptown area is where more high-end shopping and restaurants are. If you are into the outdoors like I am, you can hike La Luz Trail in the Sandias or go to the Rio Grande Nature Center off Candelaria. You can also access the volcanoes off Atrisco Vista Blvd, just West of the city. If you don't mind the hour drive, the Jemez Mountains are my favorite. You can visit the Gilman Tunnels, climb on top off Soda Dam Falls, or Jemez Falls, or drive around the Valles Caldera, which are all off Highway 4. Meow Wolf is also pretty cool. That is in Santa Fe, only about 45 minutes to an hour north of ABQ on I-25.

Gotta love ABQ

I love it too!

There have been multiple proposals for high rises that were almost put to fruition, the recent one being a 2017 rfp on the Civic North lot, but it was shutdown by the most recent mayor, I mean of course there are priorities in uplifting the state of the city in crime and homelessness, but the city was so close in many occasions to update its approximately 50 year old skyline.