Pika at Quirky Burque sums up the relationship between Albuquerque and Santa Fe in a few words —
JUST 60 MILES TO THE NORTHEAST, as we all know, the situation is quite different. Our fair sister-city, Santa Fe, prances around LIKE A BLEACH-BLONDE TROPHY WIFE whom writers can’t stop telling us is oh-so-pretty, so popular, and did we mention she married a Texas billionaire? All while poor dusty Albuquerque worries whether she’ll ever get a date to the Prom.
NewMexiKen likes them both, but Albuquerque is definitely the better prom date. For one, we’ve got Pika Brittlebush.
Pika is a terrific advocate for Albuquerque. Like the city, she’s real and honest. Screw Santa Fe and its supercilious pretentions. Give me Albuquerque any day.
The sweetest damn thing anyone’s ever written about me. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
Oh please. Santa Fe is 1 part really expensive strip mall – albeit nice-ish to look at – and two parts suburban sprawl.
Albuquerue is 3 parts real-groovy-locale
And anyone notice that when you are in SF there really is no natural scenery? Unlike ABQ!