My favorite part of town. If you don’t mind a small commute, what a bang for your buck! Not only do you pay a bit less for your house versus the heights but the property taxes are substantially less over here. Thanks for giving a fitting West Side perspective Skip!
5 years here on the Westside. Moved from Chicago suburbs. Just discovered your channel. Great marketing idea. You are so positive. Helps me learn about ABQ.
Wow, your videos just keep getting better! What a beautiful part of town. Brand new schools, parks, shopping centers what more can you ask for. So my question is, what’s the town called since it’s not ABQ? Taylor ranch, NM?
Skip, Nice channel and great video. You tell it as it is and your perspective from growing up in NM and Albuquerque is great. My husband and I have been going to NM every year for vacation for the past 20 years with the exception of this past year. We love it so much that we got married at Hotel Andaluz of 5/15/15. We look forward to our next visit and perhaps to snowbird there in the future. Thanks, Geoff from Maine.
Your videos have been truly helpful, thank you for all the efforts you put into explaining these info on the city, I wish for your next videos you could consider a topic on housing for students coming to study at Albuquerque, A lot of people like me not well knowing the city can get into a bit of confusion when they arrive, again thanks for the videos.
I just moved the the NW side of Albuquerque 87120. And I love it so far. Amazing views of the mountains and the people have been very nice. The traffic isn’t to bad but I am use to NYC traffic lol. Thank you for the videos. I have learned a lot and I can’t wait to experience more.
I wonder if you could post a video about Placitas? Or, perhaps you already have. Although we live in Phoenix, we have family in ABQ, and my wife and I are contemplating a move to the area in a few years. Or, perhaps there are other areas in the N Valley or RR where you get that Placitas feel, i.e., acre lots, great views, natural vegetation. Anyway, just thought I'd mention it. We really want that feeling of being away from other people, but we like the convenience of the city. The East Mountain area is nice, but we have our eye on the places mentioned above. Thanks! I enjoy your videos.
I like 87120. Bought my first home on the west side and will buy my second here too! I thought I wanted the heights but the cost and older homes wasn’t for me ✋🏽
Package delivery theft and mail theft is up in the NW area. Catalytic converter theft is rampant. Get a iron security gate for your front door. Lock your door immediately behind you. Don't let anyone into your house. Be very careful at the dog parks and city parks. Check the crime maps in the areas you frequent. Network with your neighbors.
@@AllAboutABQ have it delivered to a drop off point that accepts ups fed ex ups. There's one less than a mile away. Next is have a fenced in area where deliveries can be placed in. Pirates are following the trucks around here. Good luck welcome to Albuquerque!
Can you find any new build communities that don’t have house on top of house? Would love to see something with land on both sides so you aren’t looking into your neighbors windows and have land behind in a new build.
@@AllAboutABQ live in Colorado Springs right now and have amazing mountain views . We are at least a year out from moving and just trying to determine if NM is right for us. Looking for something similar in mountain view but close enough to shopping and restaurants. Home with large open concept rooms and master suit that would be good for both my husband and I to work from home. Also enough land that you feel space but not so much that would be major upkeep. Right now we have 1/3 acre lot which is nice as we have 3 dogs. Any areas you’d recommend we look into first to get a good feel for pricing?
If you want to have one Major thing to have in a new development (HOA) is do not allow ANY motor vehicles of any kind left on the street at night-- that solves many,many problems!!!
Is Albuquerque changing over to HOA's? I had a great home in the South Valley with a half acre. Miss Albuquerque and the South Valley. I too grew up in the Northeast Heights. Great neighborhoods and shopping, Resturants and schools.
Have you done a video about homes and area on the Northeast side of Albuquerque? The Westside seems similar to the Summerlin area of Las Vegas where we currently live.
@@AllAboutABQ years ago drove through NM when I was child with my parents, I thought it was beautiful place with a unique energy. My grandmother was born in NM in the early 1900's, when it probably was mostly cowboys about. We are thinking about moving to ABQ from Las Vegas, and not sure if that will happen as of yet. But, gotta take some beginning steps, to make anything happen in life. Thanks
I’ve lived in every quadrant of Albuquerque over the last eight years and the desert New Mexico charm on the west side trumps the more generic urban feel on the east side. Living on the east side is definitely more convenient though, as it has more of the established businesses and a well-organized street layout.
Ok now how can I move there without having a job first? I have a down payment but no one will sell me a home without being employed first. Been applying for work though but it’s taking a while 😢
@@AllAboutABQ Hi! I am back to considering NM :) I am looking at the Rio Rancho area and have found some nice looking homes in the 87144 area... I also did like the cabezon park area you showed in a separate video. :)
In your opinion, is Rio Rancho a safe and promising area to live in? I am really looking for ways to leave California-but I’m torn and do not really know in what order to do things. For example, do you sell your home first , then relocate find a job in the new area and apply for a home loan thereafter?
The neighborhoods of Ventana Ranch, Taylor Ranch, & Paradise Hills which is situated in zip codes 87114 & 87120 are the safest and it’s a further commute from UNM
@@AllAboutABQ we are planning to drive out probably in august to start looking. We also dont want to buy in a hoa. I am a amateur radio operator. Planning to put up a antenna tower approximately 70 feet up.
You didn’t mention Burkue is short for Albuquerque, theirs a city code for no building over two floors , and everything has to be painted earth tone colors, majority is Hispanic and native Indian , crime rate is high walking around at night isn’t the safest 40 years ago it was pretty tough and I’m sure that hasn’t gotten better , 99% of cops are Hispanic I can think of way better places to live that’s just me , I lived there back in 80s a lot of small villages , bigger towns like Santa Fe, espenola, chimayo, my father line photography and we went to a small Indian village to take pictures and we were attacked by pellet guns different culture and traditions
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