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Originally Posted by California98Civic
California does not do safety inspections. It only does smog. I hate the emissions tests, but I know what they are for. Millions lived in areas where they were routinely warned to stay in their homes because breathing could be dangerous. Here's LA City Hall on just one such day in 1948 (before the mega freeway boom):
Here's Elisian Park in 1980:
I first visited LA on a smoggy day in 1994. My eyes burned. Even as dramatically improved as things are from their low in the 1960s/1970s CA still has most of the smoggiest cities in the country.
I sometimes wish I didn't live here. Haha. |
I lived in No Cal from '68 to '78 and had to make many flights to LA for work. I've been in LA on these days. Couldn't see a single block from the hotel window. And, yes, my eyes burned from the H2SO4 and HNO3 in the air. Now, it is much better.