WHAT??? You gotta be kidding. I am a retired MSGT and have lived in many cities including Tucson for 18 years. Tucson is the crime ridden city. I've lived in Albuquerque for 11 years and not 1 thing has ever happened to me or my family!! Quit being dramatic
Charles | Albuquerque, NM | Report Abuse

The reaction from Enzo is typical of what I am talking about. When I mention the facts, which he agrees with, he then starts calling me names. You can expect a lot of this sorry attitude if you move to this city. For the record, I am a blue collar guy from the Mississippi Coast who and has traveled the world over, and when I say that Abq is a terrible place to live you better believe it! This is based on 67 years of life in many, many places..... ALL of them better than here. Coming out here was a huge mistake that I am correcting in a few months. I gave my notice in my apts and when people ask where I'm going and I say does it matter? How could it be any worse? It's the people, and it's definitely the locals, not the newcomers. They're defensive because it's a bad place, but as I said, come out here and see for yourself. Rude, ill mannered, aggressive, violent and stressed people live here. It's essentially a lawless place. The locals are the ones who CREATED this mess, and they like it this way. Those who won't live like an animal move elsewhere, so you end up w/ a lot of clueless people here who fall in love w/ their fantasies of what Abq is or could be. It is never going to change from the dump it is now because of the huge indifference and delusions of the populace.
steve | Albuquerque, NM | Report Abuse

WOW!!! You sound like a pompous, ignorant, small minded bellend. Why don't you get out and experience more cities and culture. Sure, Albuquerque does have one of the highest crime and highschool drop out rates. I'd like to see things improve and guess what they slowly are, dig into stats from .gov and edu sites and you'll see. The state of New Mexico from it's conception had a rocky start. But it's developing in the right direction now, the tech industry is slowly moving in, hands down some of the best food and I met some of the kindest people there. I guess that's what you get when a state has a rocky past without a silver spoon in their mouth like most Western States.
Enzo | Taos, NM | Report Abuse

I 100% agree w/ Steve. Anyone that disagrees w/ him, doesn't know what they are talking about. I just move out-of-state from Albuquerque, for one reason only - the high crime.
Dianna | Albuquerque, NM | Report Abuse