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KamaAina

(78,249 posts) Tue Apr 26, 2016, 01:50 PM Apr 2016

Monterey County has cleanest air in U.S., report finds

http://www.ksbw.com/news/clean-air-advocate-monterey-county-has-cleanest-air-in-us/39130220

The American Lung Association’s annual "State of the Air" 2016 report card was released on Wednesday with good news for the Central Coast.

Monterey County earned a coveted spot as the No. 1 cleanest county in the continental United States for both ozone and particle pollution.

Salinas was the lone California city that reported zero days of unhealthy air quality. Salinas likely benefits from coastal breezes, the association said.

"Central Coast residents can certainly be proud of the air quality progress in their region," said Olivia Diaz-Lapham, CEO of the American Lung Association in California.

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Monterey County has cleanest air in U.S., report finds (Original Post) KamaAina Apr 2016 OP

Well they're on the coast....I'd expect their air to be clean. haikugal Apr 2016 #1

used to be native american indians, then hippies... those were the days, sigh... nt veronique25 Apr 2016 #2

Yeah, they were...now is only the rich. haikugal Apr 2016 #3

Only a small portion of Monterey County is infested by richies. KamaAina Apr 2016 #4

Love the garlic festival..that's somewhere there if I remember correctly. The coast itself is for haikugal Apr 2016 #5

That's actually in Gilroy, up in Santa Clara County. KamaAina Apr 2016 #6

haikugal

(6,476 posts)

1. Well they're on the coast....I'd expect their air to be clean.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 02:06 PM

Apr 2016

Still...good for the rich people!! I know, snark....

veronique25

(74 posts)

2. used to be native american indians, then hippies... those were the days, sigh... nt

Reply to haikugal (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 02:12 PM

Apr 2016

haikugal

(6,476 posts)

3. Yeah, they were...now is only the rich.

Reply to veronique25 (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 02:14 PM

Apr 2016

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

4. Only a small portion of Monterey County is infested by richies.

Reply to haikugal (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 02:53 PM

Apr 2016

Monterey itself (for the most part), Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach, Carmel, down to Big Sur. The rest of the county (Salinas, King City, etc.) is heavily Latino and agricultural (most of the country's lettuce comes from the Salinas Valley).

haikugal

(6,476 posts)

5. Love the garlic festival..that's somewhere there if I remember correctly. The coast itself is for

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #4)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 03:01 PM

Apr 2016

The Richie's....glad inland is still agricultural but with the drought probably hurting.

We left CA when the writing was on the wall in the '70's. I went back for a while in the late 90's, then headed north for a while. Now I'm happy to be back east on the home place...climate disruption is going to change everything.

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

6. That's actually in Gilroy, up in Santa Clara County.

Reply to haikugal (Reply #5)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 03:10 PM

Apr 2016

Only the north end of the county is $iliValley. South of San Jose, you have Morgan Hill, which produces some nice red wines, and Gilroy, which does in fact smell like garlic.

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