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I live in Salt Lake City, and while of course I have a strong bias, I'd argue we have the best of all worlds right here. The city, mountains, and just as close, some of the most remote and serene desert in the world.

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I love SLC, but the pollution has gotten too intense.

While I totally agree that the pollution sucks when it sucks here, it has been trending better year over year for the past ten years[0], and is lower on the list than the most populous parts of California (including the entire LA area and the entire SF Bay Area) in terms of year-round, short-term, and overall air pollution[1].

[0]https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/83hj3v/air...

[1]https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=2452992&itype=CMSI...

Thanks for sharing the data. That wasn’t my impression.

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