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I have done many cross country trips, the smog in Phoenix in recent years is so not surprising but unexpected at the same time. Why that city continues to grow evades me considering the accelerating water/climate crisis.
This looks like it’s including wildfire related smoke, otherwise, places like Eugene wouldn’t be on the list.
Also, “Bay Area” is a city?
Does this map know where Chico and Reno actually are? Or did the person that made it just kind of guess the area?
Also, cities in valleys would have worse air because air just collects and stagnates there. The real amazement is that any city in a plain or on the coast has horrible pollution close to a valley city. That’s why 4 of the top 7 cities are all within the same valley and a hundred-ish miles of each other.
Check out Las Vegas just south of Chicago
It’s not super clear on this map, but there are two 19s and two 14s. Vegas is in its correct position, but there’s a second 19 as there is another city tied for its score. It should have been clearer, especially given the map setup.
FYI, neither of the ‘19’s are south of Chicago on this map.
Edit: Judges would have accepted ‘11.’
Seems a bit suspect to me. “Bay Area” isn’t a city. It IS a metropolitan area but contains over 100 municipalities. Let’s see how that compares, apples-to-apples.
California: 8 out of 19 – winning!
When the state is perpetually on fire air quality suffers
