Moving From the UK to Albuquerque

[LLD]

rush hour like London? LOL... Sorry but that made me laugh! Rush hour in London is more like NYC or the DC metro are here or Los Angeles. Albuquerque really has no rush hour compared to the bad stuff in the United States. But it's all relative.

BTW, love your name.

Abqsunport -- thanks for taking my assessment in stride. I agree with you that compared to other comparable cities the Sunport does very well.

And yes I am totally spoiled having had the three major airports in the DC area at my beck and call. :-)

[M2N]

Originally Posted by LLD

I actually say Chicago might be the best -- centrally located, decent with allergies, and one of the most major airports in the world with lots of flights to Canada and also to the UK and Europe.

The winters would be too unbearable up here for someone from the UK. Otherwise everything else about Chicago, like you suggest, would be perfect.

Atlanta would work well for direct flights out...

And the suggestion of VA is excellent!!

[M2N]

And any hour is rush hour in London. I lived there for a semester and feared for my life crossing major roads. The pedestrian does NOT have right of way there...

[casden]

Originally Posted by abqsunport

Well let’s be fair. Washington DC's and Baltimore’s combined metro areas are 8,207,040. Albuquerque's metro is 815,000. And it isn't a secondary airport, but rather a mid-size airport. A secondary airport would be more like Dallas Love field is to DFW or Houston Hobby is to Houston Bush Intercontinental.

Compared to cities of similar size to Albuquerque, Albuquerque has the best airport hands down for flights.

Tucson, ABQ is much Better!
Oklahoma City, ABQ is much Better!
El Paso, ABQ is much better!
Omaha, ABQ is much better!
Tulsa, ABQ is much better!
You name a city within +/-50% of Albuquerque's population, and Albuquerque will be a better airport in terms of flights ,airlines, prices, and availability hands down every time!

Obviously Chicago, Atlanta, Miami, Houston, Dallas, PHX, LA, NYC, Cincinnati, etc. are going to have better airports. But they are all URBAN, and that is what the poster is trying to get away from. So if the poster wants to live in a city of Albuquerque’s size, Albuquerque would be the best option because of the Sunport.

All of your points LLD are very valid, however, they don't all apply to the what the poster is asking for. (He doesn't want to humidity, so Washington, Dallas, Houston, Florida, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Philly, Seattle, Portland, and other large airports are out just becuase of that.) And yes you have been very spoiled in the way of flights in Washington, DC.

Just an FYI - Cincinnati is not all that urban, but it is a hub (for Delta Airlines - I think).

[wee_sassenach]

The "rush hour in London" comment had a lot more to do with the emotional side of the traffic jams rather than the volume - in Abq I experience the same sinking feeling that I do when driving in London, that I will never get anywhere and the heat or the damp (the latter only a London problem of course) will consume me before I get to my destination

I think pedestrian life is a lot easier in London than it is here. But I would agree that Londoners, like Albuquerqueans, have little regard for pedestrians - it just seems worse here because there are more lanes of traffic aimed at you and you run a higher risk of being hit by a Hummer

[M2N]

Originally Posted by wee_sassenach

it just seems worse here because there are more lanes of traffic aimed at you and you run a higher risk of being hit by a Hummer

LOL!!!!