America's Ten Most Polluted Cities

DS1119

Surprsied at some cities that are on the list and surprised at some that aren't.


http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/ameri ... -2012.html

g under p

Very surprised to see Phoenix at #7 in that I plan to retire there sometime down the road.



7. Phoenix
Population: 4,192,887
Cardiovascular cases: 981,249
Rank in most ozone-polluted cities: 19

High dust levels continue to plague Phoenix.

Phoenix's intense sunlight can cook emissions into a smog soup. But efforts to cut tailpipe emissions have helped cut back ozone levels in the city considerably.

"We've had a long-term vehicle emissions inspection policy for about 25 years," said Mark Shaffer, a spokesman for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.

But nothing can help the area deal with its never-ending supply of dust -- a factor that helps put Phoenix in sixth place for year-round particle pollution.

Peace

mca47

Stay away g under p! We have enough retirees!!! Hahaha

sabreleaf

Where the heck are they getting their population numbers from. These numbers are not even close to the 50 mile radius numbers used in rating cities. Way to high.

tybird

By using ozone as a benchmark, a city's topography can weigh heavily against it. If you notice that a number of these cities are in valleys....which tend to trap ozone.

DS1119

g under p wrote:

Very surprised to see Phoenix at #7 in that I plan to retire there sometime down the road.



7. Phoenix
Population: 4,192,887
Cardiovascular cases: 981,249
Rank in most ozone-polluted cities: 19

High dust levels continue to plague Phoenix.

Phoenix's intense sunlight can cook emissions into a smog soup. But efforts to cut tailpipe emissions have helped cut back ozone levels in the city considerably.

"We've had a long-term vehicle emissions inspection policy for about 25 years," said Mark Shaffer, a spokesman for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.

But nothing can help the area deal with its never-ending supply of dust -- a factor that helps put Phoenix in sixth place for year-round particle pollution.

Peace

It's true and I'm moving there. If you go to the high mountains overlooking the valley you can see a huge cloud just sitting above the city. Great stuff.

mca47

Hooray for brown clouds!

DS1119

mca47 wrote:

Hooray for brown clouds!

:thumbup:

eeriepadave

I'm pretty sure Philly is ranked #10 cause of the Schuylkill River

g under p

mca47 wrote:

Stay away g under p! We have enough retirees!!! Hahaha

I now live in South Florida the Palm Beaches and it beautiful here but we have another house already there that's just the right size for us. I made the comment two nights ago Phoenix at the moment has ALL four sports teams and it's so different from Florida and east coast where I know now very well. The mountains are just to beautiful out there just don't know how I'll bicycle in the heat of Az.

Vegas and Sedona aren't to far away though.

Peace

81

i've been to 8 of those cities....suprised i'm not dead yet.

Johnny Abruzzo

eeriepadave wrote:

I'm pretty sure Philly is ranked #10 cause of the Schuylkill River

Been here my whole life and it's a hell of a lot better than it used to be. Maybe next time some other city near Fresno will knock us out of the top 10.

PillowPants

eeriepadave wrote:

I'm pretty sure Philly is ranked #10 cause of the Schuylkill River

do the duck boats go in there?

during one of my PJ trips we took a duck tour and a friggin giant boat nearly capsized us... i was pretty sure the water was hazardous but we didn't get wet like the people on the side of the wave

Johnny Abruzzo

PillowPants wrote:

eeriepadave wrote:

I'm pretty sure Philly is ranked #10 cause of the Schuylkill River

do the duck boats go in there?

during one of my PJ trips we took a duck tour and a friggin giant boat nearly capsized us... i was pretty sure the water was hazardous but we didn't get wet like the people on the side of the wave

Duck boats go in the Delaware River, which is much more polluted than the Schuylkill. You're lucky - some people died in a duck boat crash. I'll never get on one of those things. :!:

chadwick

81 wrote:

i've been to 8 of those cities....suprised i'm not dead yet.

you're still young there little guy

chadwick

next...mexico city. welcome to living in a valley-bowl totally surrounded by mountains. congratulations on every swingin john having 14 kids each.

bakerfield, california. been there quite a few times and have had a total blast. love bakersfield at night. it's got that desert nightime feel. my dad loved bakersfield.

we have a family friend we call bakersfield as it is his home town

i am thankful i live in fresh country air iowa. although that westport, washington was absolutely the freshest air ever breathed, that and the olympic rainforest just north of westport a bit, has the greatest oxygen ever breathed in. there is something to say about fresh, crisp and brand fucking new air. those are the places where you open your windows and at night the sleeping next to the pacific ocean and mountains and trees moss and drizzle is beyond the greatest air in the universe

i think i'll pass on breathing in toxic common knowledge air-poisons....thanks

Black Diamond

Damn I had Philly to show for $50...

Wobbie

we got screwed

dcfaithful

imalive wrote:

we got screwed

Yeah, how SLC didn't make that list is beyond me. We get some fucking terrible smog here.

PillowPants

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Duck boats go in the Delaware River, which is much more polluted than the Schuylkill. You're lucky - some people died in a duck boat crash. I'll never get on one of those things. :!:

wow... they didn't mention that in the brochure

DS1119

81 wrote:

i've been to 8 of those cities....suprised i'm not dead yet.

Now with this news PJ will be touring in the other two cities you havn't been to and you will be a special VIP guest from the 10c. They will be keeping their fingers crossed.