Total WTF in Albuquerque???

[warthog]

Just wanted to mention. MEMPHIS baby!!! Yeah, beating Detroit. That list is bullshit though, unless Gary, IN has really cleaned up its act.

Went through ABQ long long time ago on our way to Philmont Scout Camp in Cimarroncito, NM. I don't remember being too sketched out, although it was like landing on Mars compared to white suburban CT I was used to. The one thing that stood out was seeing what HAD to be an 800+ lb hog dead and bloated on the side of the highway. The thing, at least in my memory, was bigger than a VW bug. Of course, I don't know how much of that was the bloating. Quite a memory though.

[exsparky]

I guess the KOA wasn't far from Quigley Park and I had dinner one night on the other side of it.

Hence my view my have been distorted a bit. I wasn't IN the worst part of town but I could smell it from there.

National average only 364 per 100,000 so almost 6,000 is pretty rough. 16.4 times the national average.

[Meadow Skipper]

Just came across this on FB and it made me think of this thread.

[riser4]

My take away is definitely taken a left.

[muted reborn]

My 90 year old mom drove to the balloon festival last year by herself from SLC. I had to print out directions for her so I checked each turn very very carefully so she didn't turn into the empty desert because I accidentally wrote 'right' instead of 'left'. Her iphone tracking ended right near a gas station 2-3 hours north of Albuquerque on 550. I looked up the gas station and it was an abandoned station that Breaking Bad shot an episode at.

Hours later I called the hotel she was staying at and found out she just checked in and her phone died. Fack that was scary. But that didn't mean the worry stopped, it was Albuquerque!

[seano732]

Lived in the Q for forty years now. Exsparky, hmu the next time you roll through, I’ll hook you up and got all the space you need. That KOA is in one of the worst parts of this city we have. I would know, I worked at the fire station right down the street for five years…I’m currently in the far north valley, and it’s probably the chillest neighborhood I’ve ever lived in. As a general rule, in most of the city, never leave anything of value in your vehicle, NEVER honk or flip someone off while driving ( no matter the insane shit people pull on the roads here. They will shoot you. ) And get to the Sandias as much as possible. Lifetime of hiking/ climbing in them thar hills.

[goldenboy]

I bought my truck and camper in ABQ. As soon as we got there some kid was getting chased out of the gas station we were at by the clerks and he was yelling about his "family" and lifting up his shirt to show off his gang tat as the cops were arriving. The guy we bought our truck from was so proud of the console safe he had installed, as if it was a big selling point. I didn't tell him, but I was thinking that I barely even lock my car, so I sure wasn't going to lock up a safe in a locked car. I've never locked the thing.

Sketchy town for sure.

[stealurface831]

i used to frequent this record store owned by a guy from albuquerque. every single time i went in there, he would find a way tell me about the dangers of the roads and very emphatically and specifically warn me to never turn to look at other drivers if i ever found myself driving in albuquerque.

[I've seen black diamonds!]

My wife is from Albuquerque. I like it. Poor cities have more than their share of desperate people. I've been plenty of places that show it more than Albuquerque.

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[Jax]

Ahh New Mexico. I've got family in Tijeras and Bernalillo, as well as other parts of the state. As the saying goes- so far from heaven, so close to Texas. My step-dad, who is Latino, changed it to 'so far from Heaven, so close to Mexico', as crass as that may be.

Reminds me of this epic thread from 15 years ago: https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...HOS-and-MORONs

[MakersTeleMark]

That feels like yesterday. I feel old. Same shit though.

[BobMc]

I miss Yeti.

[old goat]

My wife's from Santa Fe. She refuses to go to Albuquerque except for the airport. (And she's not one to shy away from seedy places--she redeems our cans and bottles at the only place in Sacramento that takes them, in the homeless part of town.)

[stapes]

Well they say, that Santa Fe, is less than ninety miles away…

[Meadow Skipper]

Well they say, that Santa Fe, is less than ninety miles away…

You got time to roll a number and rent a car.

[stapes]

Got some family in ABQ and used to get down there more often. Always enjoyed hiking in the Sandias. We’d usually go up to Bandelier etc. Great food. Would end up eating green chile on every meal. Xmas enchiladas as much as possible. Cinnamon rolls at the Frontier. When I used to drink I always enjoyed La Cumbre and Marble.

[chicken feathers]

I miss Yeti.

Word.

https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...co-BETA/page61

Legendary thread.

[aepeak]

"Albuquerque father sentenced for beating (and burning) his two-year-old daughter to death". A teammate responded to that call and nearly beat the dad up.

Stationed in ABQ at Kirtland AFB from the beginning of Covid until winter of 2022. Newcomers brief highlighted theft and murders. Walmart down the street had plenty of execution style murders. Witnessed a drug deal gone bad at the Coronado Center right outside of Barnes & Noble. Effex Nightclub and Canvas had plenty of weekend gun duels. UNM campus was littered with homeless natives when school moved to Zoom. It was always a hoot driving right off base and seeing all the tweakers. Definitely some good neighborhoods, but certainly some rough areas. Made Paramedic clinicals quite the hoot and certainly got hands on with GSWs and stabbings. On the flip side, it was 27 minutes from base to the base of the Sandias for skinning. Ice climbing access in Santa Fe and Los Alamos. I tried my best to escape on the weekends to the rest of the beautiful surrounding area. Wolf Creek or Silverton day trips were money.

[Zhem]

No need to go to NM to get NM chiles--Safeway in Truckee imports Hatch chiles every August. Although my wife is in NM now--Santa Fe native--and I expect her to bring back frozen chiles and some ground dry chiles--probably Chimayo.

Thanks for the info!! The Safeways down in Elk Grove/Sacramento get them from time to time as well, just don’t know when exactly. If we show up and they have them we usually buy a bunch and roast them up at home.

It is a small world, my wife was born in Durango and lived in Farmington most of her life. Santa Fe was my home mountain for about a decade.


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[old goat]

My wife reports no chile roasters on the streets of Santa Fe this year. Thanks Biden.

[skaredshtles]

My wife reports no chile roasters on the streets of Santa Fe this year. Thanks Biden.

Come on up north, man... lotsa roasters on Federal.

[Meadow Skipper]

My wife reports no chile roasters on the streets of Santa Fe this year. Thanks Biden.

? Farmer’s Market and Whole Foods had them. I’m not sure about Big Lots and the others on Cerrillos and St. Michaels (I try to stay east of St. Francis), but if she’s reporting recently, the season’s pretty much over.

[exsparky]

I forgot to mention I never had a bad meal there and they still have Fuddruckers!

[MontuckyFried]

A shame it's gone downhill so much over the years. My aunts and grandparents lived there through the 80s/90s, so I used to visit a lot. Have great memories of going to Sandia Peak, riding the tram, sledding at local parks, Albuquerque Downs, kick ass food, the smell of piñon burning in fireplaces, the list goes on. I don't know if it's my nostalgia-goggles deceiving me, but it seems like it was a pretty great place back in the day. Must've been generally safe as my cousins and I would run around all over the place without supervision and we never came across any trouble. Doesn't mean it wasn't without its share of troubles of course, but perhaps meth really has done a number on that town.

[RoooR]

Grew up in ABQ. Love it. Love the food, the sun, the hikes in the Sandias, the bike park in the valley. Never feel unsafe, but last time I was there some guys tried to steal my truck from in front of my parents house in broad daylight. Cops didn't even take a report and told me it was the out of state plate. O well, I'll make sure to park in a locked garage next time.