What is the best US city to live in for people with Asthma?
October 17th, 2009 | by admin |
Lord of Chaos asked:
I want to find a place to move to that has a great climate for someone with Asthma.
I want to find a place to move to that has a great climate for someone with Asthma.
Thanks!
7 Responses to “What is the best US city to live in for people with Asthma?”
By deathbymonkeys69 on Oct 20, 2009 | Reply
Anchorage ALaska. Come on up and join me. I’ve lived there my whole life and I have asthma but never had a problem living there. THe air is clean, cool and crisp. Pollution in non-existent. And the people are friendly. Good shopping too.
By Briana on Oct 22, 2009 | Reply
Definately NOT Houston, TX! We have more smog than any other city! Air Quality is POOR down here! I can’t wait to get my children out of here!
I would thing somewhere up North; maybe like Michigan or Dakota (N or S)
By fascist_christ on Oct 23, 2009 | Reply
Portland, Oregon
Miami, Florida
San Francisco , California
these are the cities with the cleanest air int he country.
By hi on Oct 26, 2009 | Reply
Go to San Francisco, California and go to next to Ocean Beach there is very fresh air there.
By kpinksa2003 on Oct 29, 2009 | Reply
I, too, have asthma and I can honestly say that the only place I have been where I wasn’t bothered by it was Rapid City, South Dakota. Sounds strange because of the high elevation but Rapid City is tucked away at the base of the Black Hills. It seems to miss a lot of the bad weather, heavy snow fall, high winds…etc… Whatever you do, stay away from Dallas, Houston or Austin! It is about to Cedar Fever again in Austin! Good luck.
By pemtrek on Oct 31, 2009 | Reply
well if you are loaded with cash I’d tell you to move to the carribbean. I’ve done 9 cruises and everytime I leave the US I begin to breath better. I can feel the difference in the air when I come back as close as even Key West. There is a weighty feeling when the air is bad and makes if difficult to breath. It was so much easier on the islands I never felt the tightness in my chest. I could take a deep breath and feel the difference. The other train of thought is a warmer climate. I hear Arizona is popular for asthmatics.
By James S on Nov 3, 2009 | Reply
Most definitely avoid Harrisburg, Pennsylvania! Basically avoid any place with heavy truck traffic.
Hot and/or humid weather, dust, pollen, air pollution, smog, ozone, heavy industry, and crowded conditions are good things to avoid. Try to live away from major highways, shipping/distribution centers, rail yards, and factories.
Air quality indexes can be inaccurate. According to the one I used to monitor, Harrisburg had great air quality all the time. In reality, there was a nasty brown haze over the entire region that was obvious and somewhat unnerving for someone with asthma to see. If the air smells, looks, or tastes (seriously, it can happen) bad, someone with asthma shouldn’t be there and people with asthma are at a much higher risk of developing asthma because of the poor air quality.
In the end, it all depends on where specifically you look to live. The air quality could be abysmal all over the region, or you could find yourself living in the one pocket of badly polluted air in town.