Albuquerque at 300 Years

A Great Place to Call Home

Albuquerque, New Mexico's largest city, has just completed a year-long birthday celebration - its three hundredth.

Many people attracted by the celebrations, discovered some of the area's charms that have been no secret to those of us who have long been captivated by them.

Not surprisingly,  accolades started piling up and continue to do so.   Forbes' placed Albquerque at the top of its list of Best Places for Business and Careers, fifth on its list of Best Metro Overall, and declared it one of the the lowest cost cities for doing business.  

On Kiplinger's list of 50 Smart Places to Live, Albuquerque placed No. 3, and MSN featured the dity as one of the best cities in which to start a  business or career. 

Expansion Management Magazine proclaimed Albuquerque to have had the Fifth Best Real Estate Market in 2006 and the Fourth Lowest City for Purchase Costs.

Business Development Magazine said the city is one of the Top Metro Areas for job growth and high-tech output. 

As if to sum it all up, CNN-Money Magazine  reported that the Greater Albuquerque area is among the top 100 Best Places to Live in America.

The truth is, Albuquerque is a delightful city with beautiful people, pleasant all-year-round weather and story-book landscapes with access to more of the same. The big, blue sky is almost always full of light. During the day we live under a canopy of blue, at night, under jewel-studded black velvet.

At sunrise and sunset, irridescent shades of red and orange accent the eastern and western horizons, and at noon high floating cotton-puffs or feathery wisps drift overhead producing shadow plays across the Sandias. 

All this and more make Albuquerque a great place to call home.