Albuquerque

Population: 518, 271 (Metro: 845, 913)

Albuquerque, known as Bee'eldííldahsinil in Navajo) is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 518, 271 as of July 1, 2007, according to U.S. census estimates, and ranks as the 34th-largest city in the U.S. As of June 2007, the city was the 6th fastest growing in America. With a metropolitan population of 845, 913 as of July 1, 2008, Albuquerque is the 59th-largest United States metropolitan area. The Albuquerque MSA population includes the city of Rio Rancho, one of the fastest growing cities in the United States.

Albuquerque is home to the University of New Mexico (UNM), Kirtland Air Force Base and the Sandia National Laboratories and Petroglyph National Monument. The Sandia Mountains run along the eastern side of Albuquerque, and the Rio Grande flows through the city, north to south.

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It looks weird....
6/10

6.5/10

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5/10

I like this city but it doesn´t have anything too interesting, is like a little phoenix, it will get better on the future, I´m pretty sure that it will grow up
for now 6/10

I've been to Albuquerque several times and it's downtown highrises aren't on the same level as many cities' suburban office parks. Similar to Phoenix, it's a city that really hasn't needed the skyscraper in it's development.

5/10

Albuquerque, while being a nice place, doesn't have a skyline really to judge. 5/10 is the best I can muster.

Nothing to look at. I give it a 5.5/10.

Those are older photos. You cant even see Gateway Center. I LOVE this skyline, it has a good layout, good architecture..........the only problem is height. DAMN (of course I have a bit of a hometown bias. ;)) ABQ has REALLY made strides in the density department too. I was recently downtown andtook a shitload of pics.....I'll post them and see what you guys think. :) ABQ RULES!!! As for the skyline.........7/10

Quite pretty, but skyline seems a bit too small for a metro approaching 750k. 6/10

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It's rather average, but the tallest building looks good. 6/10

7/10

Nice, but it doesn't really thrill me. 6.

4/10

maybe it is a nice city... but we are rating skylines here.
5/10

hehehe 5.0

7

Looks pretty cool actually. Has some nice height,and a focal point in its tallest tower. On the two images I see, it seems to maybe have some density (although I dread that it is probably full of parking lots). Is far better than I had expected.

i like the skyline in some of the pics i think its a fairly nice city its buildings are not massive but are fairly tall and i have to give it a 7.5/10 seems high but i think the skyline is better than most small skylines you see

the mountains are great

7.

it seems cute...and the mountains make a good back drop...pity it aint taller tho! Does anyone know the height of the tallest building?

6.5/10

The tallest building is Albuquerque Plaza, 350 feet tall.....or 106 meters.

thanx nicky.... :)

Rather boring, mountains offer a nice backdrop though. 5.

7/10

rating from the 2 pics I can see: 4.5/10

6/10. Uninteresting.

5/10

6/10

7/10- small and boring... definately can be bigger and taller.

6/10

6.5/10

The tallest one looks nice.
Overall it is small, simple, and cohessive.
5/10

7/10

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A small panorama from flickr showing the downtown skyline....more pics to come......


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it look like a mini Las vegas.

Not bad 6/10

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the last pic is of Uptown.

more from flickr.....I'll post some of my own photos in a bit....

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6.5/10 !

It has the perfect setting for a quality skyline with the mountains in the background, but the buildings look abit bland. 5/10 for me

6/10 needs more taller buildings.

9/10
Just because I love the city so much!

7/10

7.0
It looks a bit like Las Vegas.

6 kind of a bland skyline

6/10

6/10

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6/10

Bit on the boring side but looks like a nice place 5/10

7. Regards.

6,5/10

I love Albuquerque and New Mexico, but it just has a generic southwest city skyline.

I give the skyline a 4...and I live there!

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7/10, nice backdrop.

Like the other core cities in the American Southwest (Phoenix, Tucson, Santa Fe, Las Vegas), ABQ does a very good job of blending it's urban environment with the natural environment. I give it a 7.5.

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7.5/10

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looks like a suburb...

looks like a suburb...

LOL! A former mayor of Albuquerque actually wrote a canonical urban planning book entitled "Cities As Suburbs"! His thesis is that cities in the Sunbelt thrive as a result of aggressive annexation that allows them to contain any suburb within it. ABQ is quite the example!!

Very flat city...Where is the skyline??

5/10

Very flat city...Where is the skyline??

5/10

The Sandia Mountains are our skyline! 10,000 ft high. Top that, Dubai! :lol:

Yeah the skyline is not that great, but I like the city so I gave her a ..... good score.

5.5/10

^^ Agreed, but the city itself is a solid 7

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Beautiful fast growing city!but The skyline is a 5-6/10!

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6/10

Somebody have a real good night time photo? At night this skyline is lit up in different colors.

9.5/10

7.5/10.

5/10

5/10. It's a bit generic.