Just for the record (in case someone considering a move did not already take the OP with a mound of salt), here has been my personal experience.

1. I have never had my house or car broken into. I have lived here for 10 years. I live in a "good" area of town though (about as far NE as you can get), have a security system, and park my cars in my garage. Over the past 10 years, I have heard stories from two of my acquaintances who have personally experienced an attempted home invasion, and I don't recall hearing any first hand accounts of car break-ins.

2. I agree that the state of the public school systems is sad. I'm not sure that unemployment is a bigger issue here than most places though.

3. My husband has been in a car accident (rear ended) and a witness to another. In both cases the police were fairly responsive. I agree that drivers tend to run red lights like it is their job and are otherwise mediocre drivers.

4. My neighbors in both of the neighborhoods I have lived in are friendly (i.e. wave and smile) but are not very close. Over the course of time we got to know our immediate neighbors in our last neighborhood and we did things for each other like close garages if they were accidentally left open, pull in trash bins while out of town, etc. Neighborly, but I wouldn't consider them my friends. In our new neighborhood, we mostly smile and wave but have had brief chats with all of our immediate neighborhoods and some others in the neighborhood who we met at the neighborhood park. We even received welcome to the neighborhood cookies from one of our neighbors. I think this is very neighborhood and person specific.

5. It is super-dry here. I don't have a huge problem with it (a bit of dry skin, my hair loves it though) but my husband's hands get really dry and my son can get bloody noses. A whole house humidifier + regular lotion application helps a lot, especially in the winter.

6. Even though I never tried green chili before coming here, I like it. I eat it occasionally and have never felt that I can't get away from it. I think you have to look really hard to find a place that sells green chili on ice cream.

I don't love Albuquerque like some people do (I wouldn't live here if my husband and I didn't have great jobs here). I don't hate it either though. There are definitely many pros to living here. Albuquerque has great year-round weather that is perfect for getting outside a lot, good cost of living, and a nice city size balance (big enough to have most of the amenities/comforts you want but small enough not to have the crazy big city traffic and prices). I am not blind to the drawbacks though. The education system is concerning, crime is high but thankfully most of it is concentrated in certain areas, and it takes 6+ hours to drive to a true big city (Denver, Phoenix, etc.) so it feels very isolated and takes 1+ stops to fly anywhere. It's not for everyone, but isn't the dump the OP makes it out to be either.