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Good luck finding a sunny day because Pittsburgh enjoys the fewest hours of annual sunlight of any major city, and continues to have air quality as bad as any o
by getemback 9y ago
Good luck finding a sunny day because Pittsburgh enjoys the fewest hours of annual sunlight of any major city, and continues to have air quality as bad as any other US city, being in the top ten worst according to the Lung Association.
- jjawssd 9y agoWhat causes the poor air quality? There are no obvious pollution sources other than cars.
- getemback 9y agoThere are still major steel works in the area, some of which are operating with grandfathered emissions limits. Also Pittsburgh receives the wind-blown emissions of practically every coal-fired power plant in the nation.
- rytill 9y agoI don't feel like there's any major lack of sunlight and I've lived in Pittsburgh for years. Source?
- getemback 9y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_sunshine_duration https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_sunshine_d...
- Hydraulix989 9y agoSeattle is shown to be even worse in the winter months than Pittsburgh on that chart.
- getemback 9y agoSeattle is at a higher latitude.
- sliken 9y agoWinter often has very long periods of ZERO sun, literally not being able to point at where the sun is. My GF called it "gloomy doomy". During the winter I would actually forget what a sunny day looked like. Often remarked that we had less rain than Portland, but also less sunny days.
- Hydraulix989 9y agoMost people in California don't realize that the air quality in the San Francisco Bay Area is actually worse than in Pittsburgh [1]. Moreover, after growing up in Pittsburgh and living in Seattle, I can tell you that Seattle definitely has less sunlight (it's not even close) than Pittsburgh. So much less that my doctor had to prescribe my Vitamin D to address a deficiency I had when I moved there (after living in Pittsburgh my whole life, no problems). [1] "California is home to eight of the 10 cities in America where air pollution is worst" https://qz.com/963089/california-is-home-to-eight-of-the-10-cities-in-america-where-air-pollution-is-worst/ https://qz.com/963089/california-is-home-to-eight-of-the-10-...
- getemback 9y agoMost people don't realize that because it's not true. The air quality of the combined statistical area of San Francisco is worse than that of the CSA containing Pittsburgh, but pollution in the expansive San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CSA is centered elsewhere, whereas Pittsburgh is the pollution epicenter of its CSA. This is due chiefly to its geography, not some kind of moral failing. San Francisco has very favorable geography for air quality. As for your linked article, that seems irrelevant. Nobody thinks Hanford, CA is an upcoming tech hub.
- benmccann 9y agoI'm not sure Pittsburgh is much sunnier Rank City Annual % sunshine 164 PITTSBURGH, PA 45% 165 SEATTLE C.O., WA 43%