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trebuchet@lemmy.ml 6 months agoUtah is gorgeous.
There are definitely parts of Socal that are ugly. Also parts that are sublime.
Comment on Texas Attracted California Techies. Now It’s Losing Thousands of Them.
trebuchet@lemmy.ml 6 months agoUtah is gorgeous.
There are definitely parts of Socal that are ugly. Also parts that are sublime.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Eh, I’ve been around a but and the “good” parts usually have better analogues elsewhere. And then you add all the smog and traffic and it’s just not where I want to spend my time.
The weather is nice and predictable though, so I’ll give it that.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 months ago
someone from utah complaining about smog somewhere else? now I know they haven’t left the state in decades.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
It only sucks in February and parts of November. Most of the year it’s totally fine. Most days are green, with a handful of red and yellow throughout the year, and most of the red days are from Cali and Nevada wildfires.
I grew up near Seattle, and I regular visit family there. We visit Cali (LA) almost every year too (my in-laws). My in-laws almost always have crappier air than us.
And yeah, I wish they air was better. We’re doing something to fix it, with tier 3 gas at most stations (lower particulate emissions), lots of people moving to solar power (net metering), and EV charging stations getting more and more available. I wish we’d do more (e.g. tax big trucks like crazy), but air quality is rarely an issue.
That said, I’m acutely aware of air quality issues here because I used to commute almost every day by bike. It’s worse near SLC, which is part of why I’m in northern Utah county (close-ish to downtown, but less pollution).