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Air quality in Los Angeles is much improved compared to a few decades ago. In the '70s, there were well over 125 days per year with smog alerts. Now there are about 4-5. The Air quality should not bother anyone except those who are extremely sensitive to it or who live in the eastern part of the L.A. basin and valleys. Downtown LA, the westside and the western portions of the San Gabriel and San Fernando valleys do no have poor air quality.
As for the weather, that is a personal choice, of course. But I do enjoy going for a bike ride in January on a 75 degree day while in other cities is about 10 or 20 degrees on the same day.
No, what I posted is accurate.
First, I've lived through the bad air quality days. After bicycling, it would hurt to breathe. That hasn't happened in over 20 years. I still go for bike rides and it never hurts to breathe now.
Also, the article you posted makes no mention of stage 1, 2 or 3 smog alerts. As I mentioned (and is verified by ABC 7 Meteorologist Dallas Raines) there were far more smog alert days in the '70s and into the '80s compared to now.
Did you even finish reading the first sentence in the article, the part where it says marked improvement? I've lived in SoCal since 1983 and the air keeps getting better, especially considering that around 22 million live between Santa Barbara to the border and the entire area is hemmed in by mountains.
EVERY time that I fly into or through LAX, I land and takeoff through a thick brown haze. I guess I am hitting the 4 or 5 bad days per year? I visited my friend in the Hollywood Hills a few years back and, though he claims he has a view of the ocean and the skyline, neither were visible through the pollution. Boy do I have lousy luck!
Did you even finish reading the first sentence in the article, the part where it says marked improvement? I've lived in SoCal since 1983 and the air keeps getting better, especially considering that around 22 million live between Santa Barbara to the border and the entire area is hemmed in by mountains.
Wow so the air in Socal got better, it went from crap, to poop. Pat yourself on the back.
EVERY time that I fly into or through LAX, I land and takeoff through a thick brown haze. I guess I am hitting the 4 or 5 bad days per year? I visited my friend in the Hollywood Hills a few years back and, though he claims he has a view of the ocean and the skyline, neither were visible through the pollution. Boy do I have lousy luck!
The stats speak for themselves... no stage 2 or 3 smog alerts in the last 2 decades or so and very few stage 1 smog alerts.
The L.A. basin has a natural haze... don't mistake haze for smog.
Wow so the air in Socal got better, it went from crap, to poop. Pat yourself on the back.
I am pretty sure Fleet (i.e, "Fox News Rules") and I would disagree on a LOT of things.
But on the air quality in Los Angeles he/she is very CORRECT.
Major improvements in air quality in Los Angeles since the 1970's. So much so that smog alerts are largely a thing of the past. Of course, I am not saying there is still not room for improvement.
But the native american tribes (the Chumash) that lived in the LA basin for centuries before the Spanish came to California had dubbed the area "the Valley of Smokes" because of the "natural" haze that characterizes the skies in and around Los Angeles.
Stan is right. The air quality is far better than it ever was when it gained the reputation. The 2nd largest metro with the most cars surrounded by mountains. LA is still in CA so it is environmentally ahead of most of the US.
Did you even finish reading the first sentence in the article, the part where it says marked improvement? I've lived in SoCal since 1983 and the air keeps getting better, especially considering that around 22 million live between Santa Barbara to the border and the entire area is hemmed in by mountains.
Just because something is "making improvement" does not mean that it still isn't bad.
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