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Another poster mentioned Juarez, and I concur as to what partially influences El Paso's air quality. Mexico has no EPA, and in Juarez, especially around winter, you see plumes of smoke. I understand the city doesn't uniformly have natural gas a means to heat homes, and many of them are on old wood and pot belly stoves. Juarez is literally right next to El Paso.
Another poster mentioned Juarez, and I concur as to what partially influences El Paso's air quality. Mexico has no EPA, and in Juarez, especially around winter, you see plumes of smoke. I understand the city doesn't uniformly have natural gas a means to heat homes, and many of them are on old wood and pot belly stoves. Juarez is literally right next to El Paso.
I think it goes beyond "partially influences". The entire reason El Paso has bad air quality is the presence of Juarez, for the reasons you mentioned. Many people there use fires for warmth and cooking.
It sounds weird to say this, but even Los Angeles has much better air quality than El Paso, and that is saying a lot. I do believe it has to do with the presence of Juarez as well. The smog seemed much thicker in El Paso compared to anywhere else I've traveled to.
I think we can conclude that Phoenix and El Paso don't have the cleanest air compared to the other cities. It is obvious why San Diego would have clean air. No factories and it is right by the Pacific Ocean. Tucson was not on this list, but I would say Tucson comes in 2nd place after San Diego for best air. No factories or anything here. It's nothing but fresh desert air. Between Phoenix and El Paso, I'd say El Paso is a lot more air polluted than Phoenix. Phoenix does not have any factories and the only pollution there comes from cars. El Paso has a much thicker layer of ozone compared to Phoenix. Now we shall see how both these cities compare to Los Angeles.
I always assumed the West Coast has some of the worst air, since they get pollution from Asia due to weather patterns.
For example, the Bay area still gets coal (!) pollution, due to Chinese coal-fired power plants.
I always assumed the West Coast has some of the worst air, since they get pollution from Asia due to weather patterns.
For example, the Bay area still gets coal (!) pollution, due to Chinese coal-fired power plants.
San Francisco has super clean air. I remember my family even said it was cleaner, but they were comparing it to the air in El Paso.
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