Pollution misunderstood by reviewers
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1/18/2007
Phoenix's pollution problem isn't SMOG, it's DUST and PARTICULATES. Phoenix doesn't have smog because it's too dry. The 'brown cloud' is dust kicked up by human activity (cars, industries, etc). The longer Phoenix is dry in its dry spells, the more dust is kicked up. The valley geography doesn't help matters, it keeps the air stable. Inversions in the winter (warm air on top of cooler air) are when the pollution is the worst.
Is Phoenix dry? Yes, but so is Colorado and the mountain west for the most part. Actually, on a relative scale, most of Colorado is drier (colder air holds even less moisture). Will your skin dry up? Probably unless you use some kind of moisturizer. If you live in the Midwest in the winter, you know how dry that can get. It's not that bad here.
Like all cities, Phoenix has some problems. But it is far better here than in many other areas of the US. If you're unskilled and looking for a job, PLEASE choose some other place! There are enough ignorant unskilled homeless people here--we don't need more. Southern California has plenty of them too as does the mecca of unskilled labor: Las Vegas. Stay home and learn something!
Abhd | Phoenix, AZ