Why am I watching this? I'm from Albuquerque lol

It warms my heart to see non New Mexicans talking about everyday things and things I've grown up with. You don't really see many talk about New Mexico in general. Born and raised in Albuquerque and don't see myself living anywhere else.

Native Albuquerque NM here! All of these seem like a norm to me, but seeing it coming from an outsider makes me chuckle. Great video! Thank you for visiting my city. #10 is not 100% true. We have the worst drivers here.. literally

Raise your hand if you are from New Mexico!!!! (I'm from SF) And thank you for getting the New Mexican food right. No one does. And, the weather is ANYTHING but predictable here. But, in the summer, it's actually just hot until July, when we get monsoon rains. Thank you for this awesome video!!!!

I grow up in Albuquerque and yes we put chili on everything. I moved to Texas after I graduated in 2004.i miss my 505 so much. Best time of year is when everyone starts roasting chili peppers.

I'm from Albuquerque and I love it here and one thing I would have added because believe it or not alot of people don't know that New Mexico is apart of the United States

Thank you for saying New Mexican food everyone gets that wrong much love

U said that Albuquerque is a town but that’s the biggest city we have 😂

I liked hearing someone talking about my hometown made me feel like i should appreciate it here more lol

I’m guessing the marinated pork you had was carne adovada?

This is the first review on Albuquerque that is actually on point. Thanks for the video. 😃

I loved it in Albuquerque when I went last year in September. :)

I randomly came across the video, native Burqueño here. I lived seeing an outsiders perspective of the city! My wife is a travel journalist and writes a lot about the city and state so I am always glad when I see someone else share something positive. We actually started dating as she was writing a book about Albuquerque.

Love that you enjoyed the visit.. new mexico loves tourists.. come on down anytime yall.. clean air and reasonable prices for anything your interest lead you .. fyi recently we really stepped up our beer game..

Just came across this video! Been here for almost 30 years! Thanks for visiting! Always welcome! An we live for our Chile!

Great video! There's more so come back! You're blessed by the Road Runner and the Land of Enchantment will forever be in your hearts.

People from Albuquerque also watching this going yeah that's all great but do not move here. 😂

Carne adovada is the red chile marinated pork at Cocina Azul. Mmmm! And there are many roadrunners in southern California, too. You arrived in a cold wave, the edge of even worse cold that hit Oklahoma to Houston and San Antonio. That's rare - they usually have a steady climate but Dec-Feb it's often chilly and not warm, low desert like Phoenix.

Randomly came across this video. Thank you for your kind words to my hometown. Glad you all enjoyed your stay. February is definitely the coldest time of the year here. We just had our first snow storm lol. It's the coldest it's been since last year haha. Everything was very accurate, but don't let those speed limits fool you! Lol we have some of the worst drivers here and people driving 60 in residential areas. But the part about slower living.... Yes, we are the land of mañana. ❤️

I really enjoyed this video! I just graduated college & am moving to Albuquerque New Mexico from Memphis TN at the end of March XD stoked to checkout the rich culture & nature things to do out there😎

Glad you mentioned our vibrant art scene! With covid, we're all closed down, but we have such a rich music scene here. Some of my favorite local bands are: The Big Spank, Crazy Fool, Merican Slang, Bandwidth No Name, and Synyster Vail. There's a million others that I love too, like Lone Piñon who play traditional New Mexican music and host events where traditional dances are taught, like the wedding dance called la marcha. Speaking of dancing, we have tons of Flamenco dancers and the National Institute of Flamenco. And interestingly, a pretty vibrant belly dance scene (I study under the incredibly talented dancers/founders of the Desert Darlings). And unrelated to all the above, NM is super geothermal! If you're into hot springs, our state is great. I'm from New Mexico and I love this state and my city with all my heart.🖤 I'm very proud of our culture and community!

Come back and get actual fry bread from pueblos. And I recomend Garcia's kitchen. Wheather is bipolar. Come back in end of May

Everyone needs to eat at El Modelo in the South Valley!

I go home each year during the Green Chile harvest to get 300 lbs of XXX Hot Hatch green Chiles. Roast them, peel them and dehydrate them so I can have my daily dose, and so I can make Green Chile Stew. The peels can be dried and ground into a powder as a spice, and the stems dried and added to hickory or other woods to smoke meat. Sopapillas and a few other Northern New Mexican and Southern Colorado foods were originally Sephardic Jewish dishes, many of the first Spanish families in the 1590s who migrated were descendants of Spanish (Sephardi) Jews who were hiding from the Inquisition in Mexico City.

Great vid. Love the positive feedback. 💕

I watch a ton of travel videos, esp when planning for trips, and I just want to say: Dallas and Aimee, this was not only the most informative + engaging video I've watched on Albuquerque, but of the travel FYI/crowdsource intel format! Thank you!

Thank you for saying so much thanks to my state

Awesome you guys! Great vid!

Great synopsis of the ABQ! 🙏

I visited from the UK first week of Feb and got caught in the snow...it was so bloody cold!! You can only go to the Trinity site in April and October. Atomic museum was excellent - good recommendation. Los Alamos is worth a visit, the Very Large Array south of the city is a great drive too.

I’m writing a book based in Albuquerque, so this was very helpful... Hoping I can travel there soon for the experience!

I hope you enjoyed new Mexico I live there and it's so great to live there we never have tornadoes or earthquakes or flood's or sunamys

Dude said "flamingo", hilarious! New Mexican food is awesome! I moved to Maui and miss the great food at NM restaurants.

sounds all about right great video!!

Glad you enjoyed your stay... early summer and mid fall are the best times for decent weather semi-consistently lol, but the winds can get so awful you'll be shocked it's not a tornado. There are tons of historical places here in NM, especially because we've always been a hub of merging cultures since before the Spanish wandered here. We also have much less government regulation than many other states... in a lot of ways we pride ourselves on still being a little bit wild west while also being home to technological and entertainment industries of the future. Great place to visit, but we also have a nickname "The Land of Entrapment " because people often come for a visit and decide to just stay forever lol.

Woot woot thanks for visiting ! Try going to the tram and check out the volcanoes next time

I work at Cocina Azul and a customer came because they saw your video. Thanks for the shout out 👌

This was a fantastic review of a city that has some very significant highs and lows. Also thank you for noticing the difference with New Mexican cuisine and the other Mexican foods.

I love roadrunners! And Cali has surfers, while we have balloonists 😁

Thank you for that awesome video you will have good luck if roadrunner crosses in front of you!

Wow you guys were spot on Cocina Azul is delicious glad you guys enjoyed it!

Left ABQ after 30 years & your video intensifies my homesickness for NM!🌶⛰

Thank u for saying new mexican food in my background u can see downtown alb... And that chile meat was carne adovada

#11 Never ask a Mexican if some thing is spicy we can't tell the difference from a bell pepper to a ghost pepper Im from New Mexico

Fun video. What a great adventure you guys had. And I did notice that you stopped in Moriarty on your way out of the canyon. We get a lot more snow on this side of the mountains. If you wander back through this way you need to check out the things on his side of the Manzanos.

I’m surprised that this is an accurate review of Albuquerque. I love it!

We would be absolutely fucked if roadrunners were the size of flamingos.

Well done. I’m a part time resident in Corrales NM and think you did an excellent review of our town. Some things you missed were the Rio Grande river and bisque, the Sandia mountains, and Madrid.

Cheers from the ABQ! :)

Thanks for reminding me about spicy food. ...I love that! Thanks.

Great video!

Best New Mexican vid ever 💕🙏💯

I love New Mexico's weather its great

I used to work on Kirtland AFB and there's a huge wooden trestle and associated structures (ATLAS-1) still there (I believe), on which aircraft were tested for resistance to electromagnetic pulses. It was (remains?) the world's largest wood laminate structure and has very few metal fixings. It's now all done by computer modelling but, apparently, it would be very expensive to dismantle the trestle so it sits there in the sun, slowly deteriorating. 'Plenty of other interesting things on KAFB too, mainly related to energy research, etc. but not, of course, open to the public. BTW, NASA sent its first set of prospective astronauts to Lovelace health research facility in the city to assess their fitness for training. A very interesting place!

When you talked about ABQ being cold remember that you are up at a higher elevation there then you are in Denver!

Weather-wise, if you aren’t from here it’s easy to forget that the Abq is above 5,000ft, roughly same as Denver. Yes, we are the other mile-high city, so no strangers to cold and snow, although with drought and warming our little mountain range scarcely gets the snowpack it used to.

i love the way you described new mexican good ive never heard that

Great video you guys,I lived in Albuquerque for 17 years wow do I miss that NM food!

Yes the weather is crazy it snowed in April again

I live in ABQ, NM 87107, I love it. Been here 11plus years . adore it.

I didn't even think about visiting the house until I read the Trip Advisor reviews. lol how NUTS

Omg so great and beauty

You are not joking when you say our weather is unpredictable! Great job guys (I'm born and raised Santa Fean).

Chile varies by restaurant and which town it's from, best to ask for the chile on the side

In Albuquerque now with my dog. It would be helpful if you added a couple “dog friendly” things to do in you 6 month tour. Enjoyed your upbeat personalities . Enjoy your journey!

Cool video! Come to southern NM! Also....your dog is soooo freaking cute.

I will be traveling to Albuquerque in May, definitely doing date night at Cocina Azul!

Cocina Azul would love this! 4:25-5:15

Awesome video

My home. Enjoyed your video 💛

You are awesome and positive. Glad you enjoyed your stay. Come again.

What an amazing doggie. This morning one was eating the spiders on my fence.. Yes, a roadrunner. . .he/she graced my space.

Visit los alamos. And project Manhattan was up north

Red usually has pork fat which cuts the heat. Sour cream also cools the heat, yes it changes quickly 85 a couple of days ago mid sixties the next day. We rarely have 25 as a day time high usually mid 50's in the winter but there was one year I went and bought a coat because I was super cold. Albuquerque is the biggest city in NM and with rio rancho right next door we have around a million people in this area.

I live in nm I love it here next time you should visit like Santa Fe the vibes there are chill

If you ever come back, you have to check out the Sandia crest, it’s beautiful and my favorite restaurant is papa felipe’s, get their chile rellenos, it’s not too spicy. And the balloon fiesta is amazing if you’re in town for it. Also in Santa Fe you gotta check out meow wolf! It’s a and interactive art museum with a story to it. Floating down the Rio grande is a lot of fun too. A very wonderful place to check out is old town! A lot of cute locally owned shops. Also check out the Candy Lady, she made all of the blue rock candy that was used in the filming of breaking bad.

Hahah as someone who lives in ABQ I'm always so amused by people talking about their visit here because I forget that the things we consider normal are pretty new to people from other states (I almost ran over a roadrunner the other day!!😭 I didn't though, it's okay). As much as I love our culture here and think it's very unique to all the other states, please be careful. There is so much crime, not family friendly. People who are just passing through to get fast food get robbed and it's a capital for human trafficking because of the highways we have. If you're planning on moving here with kids, I recommend living in RR, the APS system horrible and RRPD is much more efficient. Lmao as much as I'm always like "ugh I hate it here there's nothing to do", I know that if I ever move I'll miss it so much 😂. Awesome places to visit here are SF, Taos, and Red River, maybe take a hike in Pecos!

I live here in ABQ, all good info. the reason it was cold in febuary is because its Winter and were not actually the desert, we are high desert which makes a big difference. We are at 5,000 ft elevtion, higher in the foothills. The same elevation of Denver CO. Yes Winter is cold but some years more than others and the majority of days the suns still out which warms things up. The rest of the year (March- November) you will never need a jacket. Summer is hot but not too bad (no hotter than most of So Cal) and the monsoons come in July/August and cool things down. Im a So Cal Native and I prefer the weather here for the most part. Glad you enjoyed our beautiful city, Feb is a bit bleak as everything is still dormant, it comes to life in the Spring, flowers everywhere and the trees leaves return, its quite beautiful, as is mid to late fall when the trees turn. Enjoy your travels! Austin is cool!

I was born and raised in Burque. I travel for a job and can say nothing comes close to new Mexican food. We have nasty weather but it's gone by lunchtime.

Yes chili is great. Although, there is different levels of hot . Always ask to get any chili on side or separate container because it might so hot that it destroys the whole meal, and that way you can try a little separate before combining into or on top.

Pinon and Pine nuts are similar, but not the same. Two different trees Great video! I love hearing tourists talk about NM!

Oh man you guys missed out on going to the Trinity Site (White Sands). When you see the dunes, It's like being in a dream because all the sand around you is pure white! It's amazing. It feels like you're in the Sahara desert in another dimension. Also they rent out sand sleds!

It is the HIGH Desert....so it does get super cold...wven during the day!

Awesome vid guys! We welcome you back anytime! Gotta check out Corrales, NM. It's beautiful and the roadrunners act like dogs. They like meat and worms.

I don't think our weather is unpredicable at all. In winter, we can get a little snow. It is about 20-30 degrees at night and 50 degrees during the day. Coming from the Midwest I totally think that is moderate winter weather. We are at 5000 feet, so we do have 4 seasons

Hi Guys! As a native of Albuquerque I just wanted to thank you your kind words about our fair city. Sounds like you enjoyed your stay. Sorry you didn’t get to take a balloon ride but please try to come back for Fiesta ( 2020’s event was cancelled due to COVID but we hope to come back strong next year! ). Come back again soon!!!

Red chili is milder than green, but it'll still wake you up & clear your sinuses! * There's a resident roadrunner in my neighborhood. * We have both Mexican & New Mexican food. Try El Camino Dining Room on N. 4th for fantastic Mexican food. The best food at reasonable rates is the Frontier Restaurant on Central Av. (Rt.66). Albuquerque is NOT a "small town". It's the 35th largest city in the US. * Albuquerque is becoming a movie center. A lot of movie companies are moving in.

Yeah. Our weather is pretty bipolar. This year more so then usual I have to say. So awesome you got to go to first Fridays I'm kinda missing that during this pandemic.

The best part of Albuquerque was leaving it. That place is the hood for real. If Tucson looks like a poor Phoenix, Albuquerque looks like a poor Tucson. Most of the gov and military stationed there hate it.

Yes. Red or Green? You should come to Gallup during the first weekend of Dec. For the Red Rock Balloon rally.

Hey I live in Albuquerque and I'm native American

#10 is true. A lot of people from the area will say it's not. But EVERY CITY IN THE UNITED STATES think they have the worst drivers in the country. Locals have to realize that it's bad because it's your traffic, but on a grander scale it's not that bad. He's right, you can ride and see things at the same time. Try doing that in LA, Houston, D.C., Austin, or Miami. I lived in Atlanta. And when I moved to Phoenix, traffic was almost kind of boring to me, coming from Atlanta. In Atlanta you encounter a lot of highway standstills that could last 30 mins-2 hours. Always have to drive defensive; it's exhausting having to be on guard so much while driving. But these people in Phoenix swear it's the worse drivers they have ever seen. Not even close.

Actually, everybody has told us about the chiles in ABQ

Jeff Bezos was also born in Albuquerque and a huge fulfillment is being built here. Also born here were Demi Lovato, Neil Patrick Harris, and Bezos' girlfriend Lauren Sanchez. Meow Wolf, though in Santa Fe, is pretty awesome.

I was born and raised there. Your overview is perfect. The link below is about when a hydrogen bomb was accidentally dropped on ABQ. Whoopsie.

The heat in the summer is intense. Been here a year and a half and i agree, the weather is unpredictable. Wlinter is really cold.

I’m from NM and I still get pissed if the waiter or waitress doesn’t tell me if their Chile is hot

Liked your vid, but I think Bloomin' Onion is from Outback. ;)

This summer I'm riding Amtrak to Albuquerque from LA for an overnight. Speaking of Breaking Bad, I was really into the spin off show Better Call Saul.

what's funny is we tease restaurants on how mild their chile is, we will literally ask "is this tourist hot? or NM hot?" Btw props for spelling chile the same way we do lol. Feb is actually our coldest month of the year, so it will snow up that way, down south (NM) not so much.