Abbottabad though is a city of schools and colleges but it has lost its past glory, crowded, dusty, demographics have changed. However you may find a nice spot in the outskirts, but construction there would be relatively costly, land may be cheaper, however, availability of utilities may be non existent. Gilgit is hot during the summers, cold during the winters ..... roads connecting Isb-murree-nathiagali-ayubia-abbottabad are good. The hazara motorway has reduced the pains of journey from Isb to Abd .... and hopefully in year's time we may see a bypass road being constructed to divert all the trucks and traffic from using roads in Abbottabad. The other negative in Abbottabad is that only PMLN cares about it, PTI was given a chance last time but they proved no better than ANP.