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> not too polluted

Are we talking about the same Bangkok? I'm talking about the Bangkok in Thailand where they literally shut down the schools due to air pollution being so bad [0].

What Bangkok are you referring to?

Malaysia is wayyy cleaner than Indonesia, both in air quality and trash on the ground.

[0] - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/24/bangkok-pollut...

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Bangkok has seasonal haze incidents that can get bad enough to close schools etc. Those are a scourge across all of SEA and are generally caused by slash-and-burn agriculture practices. It's much different from having bad AQI year-round.

I'd hardly say Bangkok is a clean air capital, but it's next to the ocean with no significant mountains nearby so usually pollution gets blown out to sea.

> it's next to the ocean with no significant mountains nearby so usually pollution gets blown out to sea.

So is Jakarta, and it's still pretty polluted.

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