Family with Asthma Seeks Clean Air (Dallas, Del Rio: houses, to buy, place to live)

[Air]

Does anyone know the area in light blue?



Texas Air Quality Map

This is one of three areas of the US that has okay air quality (the other two are in Alaska and a very tiny area in Montana).

What is it like in that area?

[ag925]

Utah also has light blue area.

I wonder where in the world one must go to find some Grade A (dark blue) space? There doesn't appear to be ANY in the U.S., including Alaska and Hawaii.

My gut feeling is that the area of Texas that you're considering would not be an hospitable place to live. All of it borders Mexico which gives it unique problems.

[FarNorthDallas]

It's mostly very rural, almost all Hispanic and includes Big Bend National Park. Only about 1000 live in Terrell County. The Del Rio area has a lot more people and might be your best bet.

[Air]

I had a feeling that the only reason the air is clean is because it is uninhabited. I wonder if it's the same in that part of Utah (thanks, I didn't notice it before).

If you look real carefully, there is some dark blue on the Aleutian Islands off Alaska, but only the most remote ones. (I wonder who is taking the measurements there.)

Maybe Northern Mexico?

[Air]

Yep, the Utah area is park land as well.

[ag925]

Ah, now I see the dark blue of the islands -- totally missed that before. I must have been distracted by the unexpected bright red spot around Valdez. I'm thinking it can't be a coincidence that it's the same name as the infamous Exxon Valdez.

I'd love to see similar maps on a global scale! No luck Googling for them on my part, perhaps I'm missing a key phrase to find them? If you know of a site that has that info, please post.

And, yes, I think "uninhabited" or "uninhabitable" may be the common denominator(s) for the light and dark blue areas. Long-term, it might be cheaper/easier to buy bottled air to breathe.

[Air]

Originally Posted by ag925

I'd love to see similar maps on a global scale! No luck Googling for them on my part, perhaps I'm missing a key phrase to find them? If you know of a site that has that info, please post.

Here you go.



ESA - Observing the Earth - Global air pollution map produced by Envisat's SCIAMACHY

Forget bottled water, we need bottled air.

[Air]

http://www.newscientist.com/data/ima...6515-1_996.jpg

[Air]

Originally Posted by FarNorthDallas

The Del Rio area has a lot more people and might be your best bet.

Any thoughts about Del Rio? If it is one of the few spots of cleaner air left in the US, I wonder why it's not more popular.

[KewGee]

Alpine is in Brewster County and although I didn't care for the area, many people really like it. The humidity is low there. Brewster County houses Big Bend National Park.

In Edwards County, you will find Barksdale and Rocksprings. The eastern half of the county is still considered part of the Texas Hill Country. It is quite rugged though, but I liked it much better than the Alpine area.

Brewster has over 9,000 people in the county and Edwards, around 2,000.

I don't know anything about the other "light blue" counties.

The counties you listed are not mostly Hispanic, per se. The problem is, say for instance in Brewster County, there are 95.6 % White but 42.8% are of Hispanic or Latino origin and 53.8% are White, not Hispanic. That is quite prevalent in Texas with Hispanics marrying Whites and the children being both races.