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Try comparing air quality in [0] Beijing and [1] Delhi. Most days you will find Indian air pollution far worse than the air pollution in Beijing. [0] http://aq

Try comparing air quality in [0] Beijing and [1] Delhi. Most days you will find Indian air pollution far worse than the air pollution in Beijing. [0] http://aqicn.org/city/beijing/ http://aqicn.org/city/beijing/ [1] http://aqicn.org/city/india/new-delhi/us-embassy/ http://aqicn.org/city/india/new-delhi/us-embassy/ Not letting China off the hook, but India is hardly ever mentioned and their problems are worse. India has been unable to implement effective policies and instead are looking toward gimmicky solutions like installing air filters at street intersections. More needs to be done in India, China~

seanmcdirmid 10y ago
In the Asia-expat community, I think most of us have accurate rankings in our heads. Right now, there is a 999 reading for Delhi on aqicn, but this could be PM 10 (and I check, it is, still PM2.5 is bad at 400+). India is definitely behind China as a low-middle income country, but China is middle-high income, it isn't in the same class as India. I think we just expected more from China especially when companies were trying to convince us that we didn't need hardship pay to work in China while it is still provided in India (the US embassy/consulates had to reinstate hardship pay in China after 2010, international recruitment at other companies is way down). China was supposed to lack the negative features of a least developed country, but that wasn't really the case when air pollution was considered; it really does effect your lifestyle (you can't go for nightly walks anymore, you are a slave to aqi readings, "don't forget to wear your face mask honey!" as my wife would say). BTW, if I was going to work in India, I would choose Bangalore. The air seemed OK enough compared to Delhi and Mumbai.
kurthr 10y ago
If you're looking for a global view, I recommend the world-view of the AQICN forecast. You can really see where the hot spots are and how they distribute particulates to other areas. Central China (Chongqing) and Eastern India (Delhi) are particularly bad. Europe really isn't bad (even when it goes over 100... it's not 600-999) and the west coast of the US gets hit by China smog. http://aqicn.org/forecast/model/cams-world/ http://aqicn.org/forecast/model/cams-world/
- vram22 10y ago
  >Eastern India (Delhi) Delhi is in Northern India, and not much to the east, AFAIK. There is plenty of land to the east of Delhi in India, before the border. And a good amount to the west too. Google "political map of India".
- seanmcdirmid 10y ago
  Damn, I didn't realize the Aleutians got hit so badly by Asian pollution.
  - mcguire 10y ago
    It's a small world after all.

seanmcdirmid 10y ago

In the Asia-expat community, I think most of us have accurate rankings in our heads. Right now, there is a 999 reading for Delhi on aqicn, but this could be PM 10 (and I check, it is, still PM2.5 is bad at 400+). India is definitely behind China as a low-middle income country, but China is middle-high income, it isn't in the same class as India. I think we just expected more from China especially when companies were trying to convince us that we didn't need hardship pay to work in China while it is still provided in India (the US embassy/consulates had to reinstate hardship pay in China after 2010, international recruitment at other companies is way down). China was supposed to lack the negative features of a least developed country, but that wasn't really the case when air pollution was considered; it really does effect your lifestyle (you can't go for nightly walks anymore, you are a slave to aqi readings, "don't forget to wear your face mask honey!" as my wife would say). BTW, if I was going to work in India, I would choose Bangalore. The air seemed OK enough compared to Delhi and Mumbai.

kurthr 10y ago

If you're looking for a global view, I recommend the world-view of the AQICN forecast. You can really see where the hot spots are and how they distribute particulates to other areas. Central China (Chongqing) and Eastern India (Delhi) are particularly bad. Europe really isn't bad (even when it goes over 100... it's not 600-999) and the west coast of the US gets hit by China smog. http://aqicn.org/forecast/model/cams-world/ http://aqicn.org/forecast/model/cams-world/

vram22 10y ago
>Eastern India (Delhi) Delhi is in Northern India, and not much to the east, AFAIK. There is plenty of land to the east of Delhi in India, before the border. And a good amount to the west too. Google "political map of India".
seanmcdirmid 10y ago
Damn, I didn't realize the Aleutians got hit so badly by Asian pollution.
- mcguire 10y ago
  It's a small world after all.