Sad Place Overall
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7/18/2018
Moved to Albuquerque in 2009 as a military family and finally left in 2017. It was seven and a half years too long! I have lived all over the world and never encountered such unpleasantness not to mention crime, like I have in Albuquerque, & that even includes some of it's "above board" middle to upper class residents. Never have I met such hardened, unfriendly, classless, & underhanded people! The rates of poverty, crime, as well as substance & alcohol abuse are out of sight! I realized in order to survive there & deal with the riff raff, so-called "normal" folks become jaded like the riff raff. That's not to say it isn't a beautiful city and I loved how the city has invested in a fabulous Children's Museum, Botanical Garden, and arts & culture. However, beyond that, Albuquerque rates below in education, high in poverty, and corruption. I would not recommend living or visiting their for any extended amount of time. When your city's best claim to fame is a t.v. show based upon drug dealing..."Houston, we have a problem!"
Ana | Coronado, CA