Get Your Albuquerque Information “Fix” at Duke City Fix

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Among the myriad of Albuquerque web sites, Duke City Fix stands out as one web site that anyone thinking of moving to Albuquerque should visit.

Started in 2005, Duke City Fix is a living, breathing (current) look at the city. Volunteers who write regular columns run the site. Additionally, the site is augmented by active forums where the average citizen can have his say.

The site also hosts groups, where Duke City denizens can network and squawk with each other about their favorite (and not so favorite) things. Ex-residents of the frozen north can band together and reminisce about the snow, and bikers (both kinds), farmers, star-gazers and web geeks can all find a fellow ‘Querque-ians’ with whom to compare notes. Wine-lovers, cooks and poets are among the others who have also claimed a corner in the cyber city site.

From restaurant and art reviews and live music, to politics, city growth, business and general rants and raves, Duke City Fix covers it. If you don’t find what you’re looking for, post a question in a forum or group and someone will answer. (This could be handy for the Boomer trying to track down the best homebrew shop or best spa for a facial*, or anyone wanting to know if the Roswell aliens could be alive and well and living in Albuquerque).

The site owners say, “Duke City Fix is a cityblog by the people, for the people. It’s a place to celebrate the kitschy, the funky, the wild openness, and caballero edge of what was once the rough and tumble West.”

But the question probably remains; why is Albuquerque called the “Duke City”?
Nope, nothing to do with John Wayne westerns.

The Duke City team jokes, “It wouldn’t be a good story if there weren’t at least 3 points of view, would it?”

The most popular theory is that the city was named after Mexican viceroy Francisco Fernandez de la Cueva, the Duke of Albu(r)querque.

For more theories, visit the Why “Duke City” page on the web site.

*By the way, the best spa for a facial (or relaxing massage), in our opinion, is A Great New Day. Check ‘em out when you visit and tell them For Boomers Media sent you.

Next up: A two-part interview with the founder of A Duke City Group: Moving to the Duke City

Part I

Part II

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  1. Interview with Doug Rietz - Founder of Moving to the Duke City Group | New Mexico For Boomers on April 13th, 2008 7:07 pm

    [...] Part I of the NewMexicoforBoomers.com interview with Doug Rietz, the founder of the Moving to the Duke City Group on Duke City Fix. [...]

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