anyone in Albuquerque!

What do you mean "you all"? That's way too many letters. I didn't realize you were a Yankee. LOL

The name is a misspelling of the man it was named after, a Spanish nobleman, the Duke of Alburquerque.
Considering almost nobody in NOLA can pronounce MOST of the street names, it was pretty quick.
Yes, I am a Yankee carpetbagger born north of the Mason-Dixon Line.