LA_Mustang wrote:good article.
crazy Horse wrote:"smoggy Dallas" - ??? - It looks pretty clean to me compared to most big cities I have visited.
Really? What cities have you visited? Dallas is one of the smoggiest cities I've been around....it is not LA, but is still pretty bad.
10 Most Ozone-Polluted Cities
2007 Rank1 Metropolitan Area
1 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside,CA
2 Bakersfield,CA
3 Fresno-Madera,CA
4 Visalia-Porterville,CA
5 Merced,CA
6 Houston-Baytown-Huntsville,TX
7 Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Truckee,CA-NV
8 Dallas-Fort Worth,TX
9 New York-Newark-Bridgeport,NY-NJ-CT-PA
10 Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland,PA-NJ-DE-MD
The source for the Design Values is EPA, communication from the Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards, Mark Schmidt, February 1, 2007.(12)
Lived in Medford NJ and worked in Cherry Hill outside of Philly/(Camden NJ) for a year - numerous trips to New York, LA, Chicago, Houston and most big cities in North America.
I just found it odd of all the adjectives you could use to describe Dallas it would be "smoggy". Maybe "flat" "spread out" "greedy" "bigger" "oil baron" "land of JR" "cowboys" "conservative" "bumper-to-bumper" "gun-totin" "death penalty lovin" "god-fearin" "Buckle of the Bible belt" "million miles from the ocean" etc.
From the American Lung Association (5/2008 ):
Top Ten U.S. Cities Most Polluted by Short-Term Particle Pollution: 1) Pittsburgh, Pa.; 2) Los Angeles/Long Beach/Riverside, Calif.; 3) Fresno/Madera, Calif.; 4) Bakersfield, Calif.; 5) Birmingham, Ala.; 6) Logan, Utah 7) Salt Lake City, Utah ; 8 ) Sacramento, Calif.; 9) Detroit, Mich.; 10) Baltimore, Md./Washington, D.C./Northern Virginia.
Top Ten U.S. Cities Most Polluted by Year-Round Particle Pollution: 1) Los Angeles/Long Beach/Riverside, Calif.; 2) Pittsburgh, Pa.; 3) Bakersfield, Calif.; 4) Birmingham, Ala.; 5) Visalia/Porterville, Calif.; 6) Atlanta, Ga.; 7) Cincinnati, Ohio; 8 ) Fresno/Madera, Calif. 9) Hanford/Corcoran, Calif.; 10) Detroit, Mich.
Top Ten U.S. Cities Most Polluted by Ozone: 1) Los Angeles/Long Beach/Riverside, Calif.; 2) Bakersfield, Calif.; 3) Visalia/Porterville, Calif.; 4) Houston, Texas; 5) Fresno/Madera, Calif. 6) Sacramento, Calif. 7) Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas; 8 ) New York, N.Y./Newark, N.J.; 9) Baltimore, Md./Washington, D.C./Northern Virginia; 10) Baton Rouge, La.
http://www.lungusa.org/site/c.dvLUK9O0E/b.34894/apps/s/content.asp?ct=5318243
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:27 pm