Albuquerque is only dangerous if you look for trouble or go to the areas that are knowingly unsafe. The gun violence is increasing everywhere, not just Albuquerque. And what part of town do you live in? Show us your neighborhood. You must feel privileged.
I've shown my neighborhood. I hear gunfire all the time. I was born and raised here and love Albuquerque. Unfortunately, we are in the top percentile for violent crimes per capita.
Ps. The point of this video was to show a nice neighborhood that was listed as most dangerous, in other words the stats can be deceiving. Thanks for watching!
I don't think people being carjacked at gunpoint, or being randomly beat to death, or being hit by stray bullets are out looking for trouble. NM and Abq have a reputation and bad stats for a good reason. Anyone making constant excuses for the state needs to ask why and stop. Until people actually confront that reality and take action to make it better.. it simply won't get better.
I was an airforce kid and we moved to town in 1959 when i was 9 I enjoyed albuquerque and at the age of 40 had to leave because as a machinist all of the machine shops were having a hard time and because the state became a right to work state, i moved to Portland Oregon so i could find a job in a good union shop. It was the best decision i ever made in my life. I have watched the economy of Albuquerque continue on the down hill path to this present day. I miss all the natives and their strong cultural influence, I miss all the wonderful restaurants also. I found a wonderful house at a bargain price, and now i have a teamster pension to help me enjoy my golden years.
I always lived on the northwest side town when I lived there. Most of the northeast side seemed pretty good just older for the most part. I would have thought off central area would be worse.
A bunch of homeless people, police cars everywhere, prostitutes don’t really mean is a war zone, I lived in that place at a mobile home park near Zuni and Pennsylvania for 30 years and is not so bad, I can tell you that the most dangerous place Is Varelas barrio near downtown , streets look calmed and quiet at night but don’t take a walk if you don’t live there there will be someone watching you it and won’t be a homeless guy, believe me.
Missed this one Big G. Yeah unfortunately ABQ has a pretty high property & violent crime rate when compared to a lot of other large cities in the USA. However, I'm glad you focus on the good things most all the time. Thanks for sharing.
God Bless you for doing these vlogs. Lost a son to addiction and homelessness in Albuquerque last year. I will started watching you hoping to catch a glimpse of him, perhaps. We cannot change those who refuse change. Thank you for showing the beauty of Albuquerque in just every day things❤
Many want to change, but drugs alter the brain making it that much more difficult to quit 😞 I assure you he loved you and didn’t want that life. It’s a rough battle to face, and I’m so very sorry he lost his 🩷 my deepest condolences 💐
I agree with you! Doesn’t look dangerous too me! I haven’t even heard of Jackson area . I heard the War Zone is bad. Which is like Gibson & Zuni area. Thanks for sharing! I learn something everyday! But I probably would still go on that area ! Personally I think we always need to be on our toes these days! Again thanks
It’s all a State of mind. If you go to an area With It’s a Negative area on your mind most likely gonna find some Negative Stuff!! You sir are all kinds of Positive so you bring out The Best of New Mexico I love ya Man 🫡
I was at yummy house once in that same shopping center you had walked through and right after I got out of my car and locked it some dude tried to open my door and I saw him as I walked back to my car. This was around 8:30 PM.
I just visited Albuquerque on 09/14/24. We stayed at La Quinta hotel on a street called Menual and 3rd st there's a Circle K on the corner. We did not have liberty to explore. I was in circle K and I asked the clerk how safe it was, his responds exactly was "Stick around for 20mi. And you'll see how violent it can become. That was enough to get away from that area. Maybe next time I'll try the tram herd it was beautiful.
Probably not the best area, but violent,? I don't know about that. Every area has its incidences. Yes, a Tram ride would be fun and beautiful. Mountain views by day and city lights at night. But don't be afraid to explore other parts of our wonderful city. I have over 800 videos on this channel, I'm sure you can get plenty of ideas. Thank you for watching!!!
I'm from Tanoan and we are scared for our lives because of the Northeast Side Locos and the war between the Tanoan Crips and the Sandia Hieghts Piru Bloods. It's like being in Cambodia in Pol Pots killing fields.
I'd have to say Jackson Area is one of the safest and friendliest neighborhoods ive ever lived in. All my kids went to school at Jackson Mid School and surrounding elementary schools, McCollum, Acoma. Good neighborhood.
You don't have to be looking for trouble... I got shot by a gangbanger near San Mateo & Menual in the early 90's attempting to steal my bicycle. I didn't know it at the time, but he had just robbed a convenient store. I fought him because that's the kind of person I am, I take no crap from anyone. I surprised this ignorant, overweight gangbanger who wasn't expecting a fight, but he got what was coming to him eventually, and he shot me like the coward he was as I was leaving the scene... I moved away two years later and I've never returned despite still having friends live there.
Maybe its reported crime vs. not reported crime because the Warzone/Trumbull Park area was my home in the 80's and 90's and it didn't get named that for all the free sunshine and ice cream people handed out.
@eclecticvideosvlogsandmore Nice! My mom sold her house on Rhode Island just a couple of years ago so I always got to go up Trumbull or Bell when I would visit.
Wow, you survived a walk through the most dangerous neighborhood in Albuquerque - ha, ha It's weird that there were no pedestrians anywhere. There weren't even people at the park.
I've never once felt threatened or worried about anything when I'm in Albuquerque. Of course I'm always armed no matter where I'm at so that gives me a level of confidence that most don't have who aren't carrying. I've lived in Santa Fe for four years and only once had a problem with a homeless guy who tried to fight me but he wasn't no daisy. I now live in Pecos and have for over ten years and I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. It's funny though when I hear about how dangerous it is here but I'd be willing to bet that the people who say that haven't lived in Dallas Texas like I have or some place like that. Yeah I've seen dangerous people in dangerous places. It's not to say that I couldn't become a victim of a violent crime but I really believe for the most part people make themselves a victim of it in one way or another. If you mind your own business and carry yourself as someone who doesn't appear weak and easy to overtake then you won't have any problems anywhere you go. Most thugs and criminal type go after the easy targets.
I'll drink to that... I grew up in Albuquerque's international district, better known as the war zone. I'm now 40 married raising my kids here teaching them right.
I mean you are filming in the day possibly early morning after dark any city can change!! We went to Venice beach it’s so beautiful but at night the beach is filled with homeless tents as far as the eye can see
I drive threw here everyday and I've never seen a homeless person, drug user or anyone asking for money. Even though this was recorded 10 months ago, this area has not changed. You want to see what Albuquerque looks like, go show Texas st, Utah St, Rhode Island and Zuni! That's where the action is!!😂😂
That's the point. The documented statistics i showed at the beginning stated that this area had the highest crime rate. Nothing to do with homeIess or drugs. have over 500 Videos, I've covered all the ' bad' stuff and lived in the war zone for 15 years.
Yeah, it's hard to know what the exact circumstances were at that time to come up with these statistics. It is a different neighborhood each month with the highest rate. But stats are stats.
Jackson was my Neighborhood as a kid ....So much fun and yeah Violent but you made a way. Tons of drive byes and apartment complexes stashed in there densly. It was a neighborhood with lots of folks from different gangs which always caused problems and no one true gang fully in charge. Somewhat larger gangs in that area 20 years ago were UTK ESP BSR San Jose every Crip gang u can think of...lol RSC RFC, Hoovers, KPCC, ABCC, 18th st., and Sur 13 and MS13. In general tho anything off Central is usually the worst e.g. the War Zone & San pedro and central.
I live in that neighborhood. Its okay. Not the best in ABQ. But theres WAY worse neighborhoods to live in in ABQ. Like really really bad places to live. That area is fine.
The trouble comes out at night. U should already know that. Come do a documentary then. It won't be the same. Central is probably the scariest part of town right now due to drug use and lack of enforcement from "cops"
I think the information is incorrect about this neighborhood. The war zone between Wyoming to San Pedro and Southern to Lomas is more dangerous than most places in Albuquerque. respectfully in my opinion .
@@eclecticvideosvlogsandmore Thanks for the reply . It's true that crime status is fluctuating all the time al around the city I lived here in Albuquerque for 60 years . I'm 65 and basically Albuquerque has a beauty and the beast appearance throughout the city .
I don't know what the hell they're talking about I live at Eubank and Menaul I have no problems with crime you know maybe I've just been lucky to run into the right people you know I really don't know what they're talking about I always thought that area what's the International District or what they used to call the war zone
What a Bozo, The fact is that is a nice area , especially in Albuquerque NM, Pennsylvania and Central and Trumbull hood to Comanche And Carlisle, Montgomery and San Mateo, Westgate, and pretty much all if International district, South valley and West Side and Downtown are most dangerous areas in Albuquerque NM, all day
That's the point. The stats make it look bad. You should check out my other videos of some rough areas, especially " The Dark Side of Albuquerque." I have over 450 videos and have lived here for over 55 years, I'm very familiar with Albuquerque. But the positives are my thing on this channel. Thanks for watching!
No disrespect man, I look back at my comments and what an ass I was fir saying that.... I'm just tired of Albuquerque NM and all the violence it's suffocating
Albuquerque is only dangerous if you look for trouble or go to the areas that are knowingly unsafe. The gun violence is increasing everywhere, not just Albuquerque. And what part of town do you live in? Show us your neighborhood. You must feel privileged.
I've shown my neighborhood. I hear gunfire all the time. I was born and raised here and love Albuquerque. Unfortunately, we are in the top percentile for violent crimes per capita.
Ps. The point of this video was to show a nice neighborhood that was listed as most dangerous, in other words the stats can be deceiving. Thanks for watching!
That literally describes everywhere...
I don't think people being carjacked at gunpoint, or being randomly beat to death, or being hit by stray bullets are out looking for trouble. NM and Abq have a reputation and bad stats for a good reason. Anyone making constant excuses for the state needs to ask why and stop. Until people actually confront that reality and take action to make it better.. it simply won't get better.
You literally just described every single state/city across America.
I was an airforce kid and we moved to town in 1959 when i was 9 I enjoyed albuquerque and at the age of 40 had to leave because as a machinist all of the machine shops were having a hard time and because the state became a right to work state, i moved to Portland Oregon so i could find a job in a good union shop. It was the best decision i ever made in my life. I have watched the economy of Albuquerque continue on the down hill path to this present day. I miss all the natives and their strong cultural influence, I miss all the wonderful restaurants also. I found a wonderful house at a bargain price, and now i have a teamster pension to help me enjoy my golden years.
You did the right thing for your life! From the 505, glad you're doing well.
Solidarity. Enjoy your retirement.
It could be that that area is only considered a "high crime area" during the evenings.
I always lived on the northwest side town when I lived there. Most of the northeast side seemed pretty good just older for the most part. I would have thought off central area would be worse.
It probably is. Of course that was the point that I couldn't figure out why they area was listed as such.
A bunch of homeless people, police cars everywhere, prostitutes don’t really mean is a war zone, I lived in that place at a mobile home park near Zuni and Pennsylvania for 30 years and is not so bad, I can tell you that the most dangerous place Is Varelas barrio near downtown , streets look calmed and quiet at night but don’t take a walk if you don’t live there there will be someone watching you it and won’t be a homeless guy, believe me.
Sounds kind of erri . Los Angeles is a bad place too every town has its good bad you just have to have some common sense.
Missed this one Big G. Yeah unfortunately ABQ has a pretty high property & violent crime rate when compared to a lot of other large cities in the USA. However, I'm glad you focus on the good things most all the time. Thanks for sharing.
God Bless you for doing these vlogs. Lost a son to addiction and homelessness in Albuquerque last year. I will started watching you hoping to catch a glimpse of him, perhaps. We cannot change those who refuse change. Thank you for showing the beauty of Albuquerque in just every day things❤
My condolences. Thank you for joining the journey. God Blessed 🙏
Many want to change, but drugs alter the brain making it that much more difficult to quit 😞 I assure you he loved you and didn’t want that life. It’s a rough battle to face, and I’m so very sorry he lost his 🩷 my deepest condolences 💐
@@ChicanaGuera Thank you so very much. ❤❤
I agree with you! Doesn’t look dangerous too me! I haven’t even heard of Jackson area . I heard the War Zone is bad. Which is like Gibson & Zuni area. Thanks for sharing! I learn something everyday! But I probably would still go on that area ! Personally I think we always need to be on our toes these days! Again thanks
Thank you for showing us the different areas of Albuquerque.
Love ur videos. Thanks for sharing
Thank you and thank you for watching!
That’s where I grew as a kid on Indian school walking to the Walmart as a kid :)
Thank you for this video. I have never been to that area of Albuquerque.
It’s all a State of mind. If you go to an area With It’s a Negative area on your mind most likely gonna find some Negative Stuff!! You sir are all kinds of Positive so you bring out The Best of New Mexico I love ya Man 🫡
Thanks much!!
I was at yummy house once in that same shopping center you had walked through and right after I got out of my car and locked it some dude tried to open my door and I saw him as I walked back to my car. This was around 8:30 PM.
Wow, you really need to always be aware in every area. Thanks for watching!!
For such a dangerous neighborhood they sure do a good job of cleaning the graffiti
Yes, which makes it more interesting why this area has such crime numbers - surprising...
I suspect this area is more dangerous AFTER dark...
Having lived in both I'll take Los Angeles over Albuquerque any day
I just visited Albuquerque on 09/14/24. We stayed at La Quinta hotel on a street called Menual and 3rd st there's a Circle K on the corner. We did not have liberty to explore. I was in circle K and I asked the clerk how safe it was, his responds exactly was "Stick around for 20mi. And you'll see how violent it can become. That was enough to get away from that area. Maybe next time I'll try the tram herd it was beautiful.
Probably not the best area, but violent,? I don't know about that. Every area has its incidences. Yes, a Tram ride would be fun and beautiful. Mountain views by day and city lights at night. But don't be afraid to explore other parts of our wonderful city. I have over 800 videos on this channel, I'm sure you can get plenty of ideas. Thank you for watching!!!
I'm from Tanoan and we are scared for our lives because of the Northeast Side Locos and the war between the Tanoan Crips and the Sandia Hieghts Piru Bloods. It's like being in Cambodia in Pol Pots killing fields.
I'd have to say Jackson Area is one of the safest and friendliest neighborhoods ive ever lived in. All my kids went to school at Jackson Mid School and surrounding elementary schools, McCollum, Acoma. Good neighborhood.
You don't have to be looking for trouble...
I got shot by a gangbanger near San Mateo & Menual in the early 90's attempting to steal my bicycle. I didn't know it at the time, but he had just robbed a convenient store. I fought him because that's the kind of person I am, I take no crap from anyone. I surprised this ignorant, overweight gangbanger who wasn't expecting a fight, but he got what was coming to him eventually, and he shot me like the coward he was as I was leaving the scene... I moved away two years later and I've never returned despite still having friends live there.
You should check out duranes New Mexico not far from we're you were at
Every neighborhood is safe if you never leave your house.
if i walk outside i can se the octupus car wash .. or watever its called now
ur right bye my house that trail goes all the way down to the mall
Maybe its reported crime vs. not reported crime because the Warzone/Trumbull Park area was my home in the 80's and 90's and it didn't get named that for all the free sunshine and ice cream people handed out.
I lived in the war zone during that time myself.
@eclecticvideosvlogsandmore Nice! My mom sold her house on Rhode Island just a couple of years ago so I always got to go up Trumbull or Bell when I would visit.
Some neighborhoods have more crime per capita but less overall.
Wow, you survived a walk through the most dangerous neighborhood in Albuquerque - ha, ha
It's weird that there were no pedestrians anywhere. There weren't even people at the park.
Weird huh?
So it’s not the south valley like everyone thinks huh ?
True
goes from above tramway down threw eubank bye menuel and past the mall
I've never once felt threatened or worried about anything when I'm in Albuquerque. Of course I'm always armed no matter where I'm at so that gives me a level of confidence that most don't have who aren't carrying. I've lived in Santa Fe for four years and only once had a problem with a homeless guy who tried to fight me but he wasn't no daisy. I now live in Pecos and have for over ten years and I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. It's funny though when I hear about how dangerous it is here but I'd be willing to bet that the people who say that haven't lived in Dallas Texas like I have or some place like that. Yeah I've seen dangerous people in dangerous places. It's not to say that I couldn't become a victim of a violent crime but I really believe for the most part people make themselves a victim of it in one way or another. If you mind your own business and carry yourself as someone who doesn't appear weak and easy to overtake then you won't have any problems anywhere you go. Most thugs and criminal type go after the easy targets.
Thank you for your insightful comment!!
I'll drink to that...
I grew up in Albuquerque's international district, better known as the war zone.
I'm now 40 married raising my kids here teaching them right.
Santa Fe and ABQ aren’t really comparable. ABQ is more dangerous than Dallas these days but it all depends where you’re visiting I guess
I mean you are filming in the day possibly early morning after dark any city can change!! We went to Venice beach it’s so beautiful but at night the beach is filled with homeless tents as far as the eye can see
I lived there for 10 years, there was a fair amount of homeless and drug activity , its been 3 years
I drive threw here everyday and I've never seen a homeless person, drug user or anyone asking for money. Even though this was recorded 10 months ago, this area has not changed. You want to see what Albuquerque looks like, go show Texas st, Utah St, Rhode Island and Zuni! That's where the action is!!😂😂
That's the point. The documented statistics i showed at the beginning stated that this area had the highest crime rate. Nothing to do with homeIess or drugs. have over 500 Videos, I've covered all the ' bad' stuff and lived in the war zone for 15 years.
I personally do not agree but it could be one or two repeat offenders that are let out continually.
Yeah, it's hard to know what the exact circumstances were at that time to come up with these statistics. It is a different neighborhood each month with the highest rate. But stats are stats.
Alcazar St. south of Central. I got out before crack and meth hit, just heroin and coke then. I'm sure it's better now..
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I think in ABQ the worse areas wont have th highest reported crime cause in the worst neighborhoods people are less likely to call the cops.
Could the crime be robberies? There sure are a lot of businesses and stores.
Most likely
You think thats bad - come a couple hundred miles South to EL Paso TX!
Is there any crime there?
Gotta get out there when the sun goes down sir
No thanks, just reporting the stats at that time.
I door dash all over Albuquerque its usualky only bad at night
Jackson was my Neighborhood as a kid ....So much fun and yeah Violent but you made a way. Tons of drive byes and apartment complexes stashed in there densly. It was a neighborhood with lots of folks from different gangs which always caused problems and no one true gang fully in charge. Somewhat larger gangs in that area 20 years ago were UTK ESP BSR San Jose every Crip gang u can think of...lol RSC RFC, Hoovers, KPCC, ABCC, 18th st., and Sur 13 and MS13. In general tho anything off Central is usually the worst e.g. the War Zone & San pedro and central.
I live in that neighborhood. Its okay. Not the best in ABQ. But theres WAY worse neighborhoods to live in in ABQ. Like really really bad places to live. That area is fine.
Those were the stats at that time.
John Kerry rented a car at the airport and drove to the valley driving around shooting cows
😲 that's terrible!
It's gone downhill for sure.
The trouble comes out at night. U should already know that. Come do a documentary then. It won't be the same. Central is probably the scariest part of town right now due to drug use and lack of enforcement from "cops"
Just reporting the stats at that time. Not looking for crime.
Everybody still sleeping or working go at night
Why? just showing the area related to the stats at that time; not trying to catch crime.
Go there at night 😂
Right? May be a whole different story.
Looks like it always has
Yep, appearance doesn't relate to the statistics at that time.
The Rio Grande is rope off with
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Albuquerque a whole hood it’s dangerous everywhere
Thats not a bad place. Visit the War Zone
Ive done several videos on the war zone. I lived there for 15 years. The point of this video is that the statistics showed high crime as I indicated
I live here. At nit WHO KNOWS 😅
Any street with a state name between zuni and the interstate, and Wyoming and Pennsylvania is going to be much more dangerous than this area
I think the information is incorrect about this neighborhood. The war zone between Wyoming to San Pedro and Southern to Lomas is more dangerous than most places in Albuquerque. respectfully in my opinion .
The stats were just for that period I'm time. It changes monthly.
@@eclecticvideosvlogsandmore Thanks for the reply . It's true that crime status is fluctuating all the time al around the city I lived here in Albuquerque for 60 years . I'm 65 and basically Albuquerque has a beauty and the beast appearance throughout the city .
I seen worse than this no homeless and dirty where you live in the heights is more decent then the war zone
Please check out my video The Downside of Albuquerque that few ever see
I don't know what the hell they're talking about I live at Eubank and Menaul I have no problems with crime you know maybe I've just been lucky to run into the right people you know I really don't know what they're talking about I always thought that area what's the International District or what they used to call the war zone
That was the statistics at that time!!!
What a Bozo, The fact is that is a nice area , especially in Albuquerque NM, Pennsylvania and Central and Trumbull hood to Comanche And Carlisle, Montgomery and San Mateo, Westgate, and pretty much all if International district, South valley and West Side and Downtown are most dangerous areas in Albuquerque NM, all day
That's the point. The stats make it look bad. You should check out my other videos of some rough areas, especially " The Dark Side of Albuquerque." I have over 450 videos and have lived here for over 55 years, I'm very familiar with Albuquerque. But the positives are my thing on this channel. Thanks for watching!
No disrespect man, I look back at my comments and what an ass I was fir saying that.... I'm just tired of Albuquerque NM and all the violence it's suffocating