The fair place to meet is Indianapolis, IN — the city closest to the midpoint of Albuquerque and Boston. From the farther side that’s about 24 hr 28 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Indianapolis, IN
From Albuquerque
24 hr 28 min
1,167 mi to Indianapolis
From Boston
16 hr 53 min
806 mi to Indianapolis
Boston has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 7 hr 35 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Albuquerque and Boston are about 1,968 miles apart.
Albuquerque and Boston are about 1,968 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Indianapolis, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 24 hr 28 min of driving on the Albuquerque side and 16 hr 53 min on the Boston side — the fairest single meeting point among the cities near the middle.
Over this distance most people will fly rather than drive the whole way. Indianapolis still makes a fair, central place for Albuquerque and Boston to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Indianapolis doesn't have what you're after, Louisville and Nashville are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Albuquerque and Boston.
Indianapolis, colloquially known as Indy, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the county seat of Marion County. Indianapolis is situated in the state's central till plain region along the west fork of the White River. Read more →
Albuquerque is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Founded in 1706 as La Villa de Alburquerque by Santa Fe de Nuevo México governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdés, and named in honor of Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 10th Duke of Alburquerque… Read more →
Boston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It serves as a cultural and financial center of New England, a region of the Northeastern United States. Read more →
City descriptions adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); photos via Wikimedia Commons, credited above.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.