Sun Apr 29, 2012, 08:38 PM
elifino (357 posts)
10 most polluted cities in US
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2012/real_estate/1204/gallery.polluted-cities/
I was very surprised at what cities were on this list. It has been several years since I traveled, but most of the California cities listed would not have been on my list.
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10 replies, 1413 views
| Author | Time | Post | |
| elifino | Apr 2012 | OP | |
| BlueJazz | Apr 2012 | #1 | |
| elifino | Apr 2012 | #3 | |
| eppur_se_muova | Apr 2012 | #9 | |
| elifino | Apr 2012 | #10 | |
| TBF | Apr 2012 | #2 | |
| XemaSab | Apr 2012 | #4 | |
| happyslug | Apr 2012 | #5 | |
| doc03 | Apr 2012 | #6 | |
| XemaSab | Apr 2012 | #7 | |
| Mc Mike | Apr 2012 | #8 |
Response to elifino (Original post)
Sun Apr 29, 2012, 08:48 PM
BlueJazz (17,757 posts)
1. Having once lived in California, I can understand the rankings. Those mountains block..
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Last edited Sun Apr 29, 2012, 08:49 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) ...a LOT of smog and crap from going anywhere but where it lies.
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Response to BlueJazz (Reply #1)
Sun Apr 29, 2012, 09:12 PM
elifino (357 posts)
3. Good point about the mountains
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I remember flying into Birmingham, Alabama sometimes there would be a pink haze over the area.
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Response to elifino (Reply #3)
Mon Apr 30, 2012, 03:03 PM
eppur_se_muova (20,757 posts)
9. The blast furnaces were largely responsible for that.
Response to eppur_se_muova (Reply #9)
Mon Apr 30, 2012, 04:23 PM
elifino (357 posts)
10. Thanks for the link.
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It has been many years since I was in Birmingham, flew into there many times to observe the assembly of some equipment we purchased there.
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Response to elifino (Original post)
Sun Apr 29, 2012, 09:06 PM
TBF (18,401 posts)
2. Interesting -
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I live in Houston and expected to see it on the list. But it is true we have no mountains so I guess that must help it to disperse.
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Response to elifino (Original post)
Sun Apr 29, 2012, 09:30 PM
XemaSab (57,387 posts)
4. The South Valley is dirty for several reasons
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Ag releases a lot of pollutants and particulates, they get a lot of smog from the Bay Area, and there's a lot of traffic through there. All this plus they have no wind to carry any of the nastiness away.
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Response to elifino (Original post)
Sun Apr 29, 2012, 09:52 PM
happyslug (10,747 posts)
5. Pittsburgh is only #6 on the List???
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How bad is the other Cities? Mountains, Coke plants, coal powered electrical generation etc. All incur in Western Pennsylvania thus always been bad, thus how bad are the cities that are worse???
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Response to happyslug (Reply #5)
Sun Apr 29, 2012, 10:18 PM
doc03 (13,838 posts)
6. Pittsburgh was number one a few hundred thousand jobs ago n/t
Response to doc03 (Reply #6)
Sun Apr 29, 2012, 11:00 PM
XemaSab (57,387 posts)
7. If the employment rate was the only criterion
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LA would be the only California city on the list.
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