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> High stress, high pollution, rat race of a lifestyle, you are regulated and taxed on more things you even thought possible New York has incredibly low pollut

> High stress, high pollution, rat race of a lifestyle, you are regulated and taxed on more things you even thought possible New York has incredibly low pollution compared to other cities of comparable size, especially in the US. As for "regulated and taxed on more things than you even thought possible"... are you sure you're not thinking of California?

oblio 9y ago
Is there some sort of pollution ranking of sorts? Something with hard data behind it.
- vkou 9y ago
  There's air quality maps at https://www.airnow.gov/ https://www.airnow.gov/, and similar websites. Mind you, there's a lot of day-to-day variation.
JustAnotherPat 9y ago
Overall air quality is pretty good in NYC, but street level pollution is nasty. There isn't a day that I don't get huge whiffs of diesel exhaust or a weekend that i don't have to clean off black grime from my windows. Happens less so in cities where you're not surrounded by walls of buildings and heavy street traffic. I think the air quality in in the city is only good because it gets quickly blown out to sea.
jimmy1 9y ago
No I am thinking about my family and I and our experiences living there. When I say Pollution, I am not just saying air pollution. I physically felt dirty the minute I stepped out into the street after getting ready for work. I would wash my hair and it would streak of dirt. The subway is absolutely filthy. Bathrooms anywhere but expensive restaurants are filthy. Sidewalks were filthy. Streets are filthy. The water that pools up at the sides of crosswalks was everywhere -- and was filthy. It's the definition of a big dirty city. As far as taxes and regulation goes, yes California is getting crazy too, but no I am thinking about New York. The contrast was stark, especially when you move anywhere south of NY, which I did land in D.C. for a bit, and even that was better.
- electricslpnsld 9y ago
  > When I say Pollution, I am not just saying air pollution. I physically felt dirty the minute I stepped out into the street after getting ready for work. I would wash my hair and it would streak of dirt. The subway is absolutely filthy. Bathrooms anywhere but expensive restaurants are filthy. Sidewalks were filthy. Streets are filthy. The water that pools up at the sides of crosswalks was everywhere -- and was filthy. It's the definition of a big dirty city. When did you live in New York? This mostly reads like an outdated stereotype of the city from the 1980s. I grew up in Queens and lived in NYC until I was 18, and I never had to wash dirt out of my hair from pollution (unless I had been rolling around in a park as a little kid). Hell, I was recently back in the city visiting family and was amazed at how much cleaner midtown has gotten over the past few years.
  - melq 9y ago
    I was in NYC over the long weekend (I'm from Boston), and I can say wholeheartedly that the entire city is filthy. I'm sure relative to what it used to be, its alot cleaner. But relative to most other places, NYC is one giant pile of garbage. (For the record I love the city, and would consider moving there.)
    - electricslpnsld 9y ago
      It really depends where you are in the city. Take a stroll in some of the neighborhoods around Prospect Park, and you'll find downright pristine streets filled with single family mansions...
wang_li 9y ago
>New York has incredibly low pollution compared to other cities of comparable size, especially in the US. This doesn't change the impact of pollution on health and quality of life. There may be plenty of reasons to live in NYC, but it having lower pollution than similarly sized cities is not one of them.

oblio 9y ago

Is there some sort of pollution ranking of sorts? Something with hard data behind it.

vkou 9y ago
There's air quality maps at https://www.airnow.gov/ https://www.airnow.gov/, and similar websites. Mind you, there's a lot of day-to-day variation.

JustAnotherPat 9y ago

Overall air quality is pretty good in NYC, but street level pollution is nasty. There isn't a day that I don't get huge whiffs of diesel exhaust or a weekend that i don't have to clean off black grime from my windows. Happens less so in cities where you're not surrounded by walls of buildings and heavy street traffic. I think the air quality in in the city is only good because it gets quickly blown out to sea.

jimmy1 9y ago

No I am thinking about my family and I and our experiences living there. When I say Pollution, I am not just saying air pollution. I physically felt dirty the minute I stepped out into the street after getting ready for work. I would wash my hair and it would streak of dirt. The subway is absolutely filthy. Bathrooms anywhere but expensive restaurants are filthy. Sidewalks were filthy. Streets are filthy. The water that pools up at the sides of crosswalks was everywhere -- and was filthy. It's the definition of a big dirty city. As far as taxes and regulation goes, yes California is getting crazy too, but no I am thinking about New York. The contrast was stark, especially when you move anywhere south of NY, which I did land in D.C. for a bit, and even that was better.

electricslpnsld 9y ago
> When I say Pollution, I am not just saying air pollution. I physically felt dirty the minute I stepped out into the street after getting ready for work. I would wash my hair and it would streak of dirt. The subway is absolutely filthy. Bathrooms anywhere but expensive restaurants are filthy. Sidewalks were filthy. Streets are filthy. The water that pools up at the sides of crosswalks was everywhere -- and was filthy. It's the definition of a big dirty city. When did you live in New York? This mostly reads like an outdated stereotype of the city from the 1980s. I grew up in Queens and lived in NYC until I was 18, and I never had to wash dirt out of my hair from pollution (unless I had been rolling around in a park as a little kid). Hell, I was recently back in the city visiting family and was amazed at how much cleaner midtown has gotten over the past few years.
- melq 9y ago
  I was in NYC over the long weekend (I'm from Boston), and I can say wholeheartedly that the entire city is filthy. I'm sure relative to what it used to be, its alot cleaner. But relative to most other places, NYC is one giant pile of garbage. (For the record I love the city, and would consider moving there.)
  - electricslpnsld 9y ago
    It really depends where you are in the city. Take a stroll in some of the neighborhoods around Prospect Park, and you'll find downright pristine streets filled with single family mansions...

wang_li 9y ago

>New York has incredibly low pollution compared to other cities of comparable size, especially in the US. This doesn't change the impact of pollution on health and quality of life. There may be plenty of reasons to live in NYC, but it having lower pollution than similarly sized cities is not one of them.