drmouse wrote: was a flight instructor in LA long ago.  it is a misconception that air quality is good at the beaches.    the smog extends way out past santa catalina island on most days.  way up past santa barbara,   extends past tijuana,    out past palmdale, even over to las vegas.   all up through the central valley, and all over the high and low desert.   most days it goes up to 4000 feet elevation, so living in the hills surrounding LA does not escape it either.   normal is 2-5 miles visibilty and 5 miles is a great day.   at times they get high winds that blow the bad air out for 2-3 days, but it is soon back.   I flew into salt lake frequently and normal was 40+ miles visibilty,   but things have changed in salt lake too.   Phoenix was 40+ miles visibilty too, not now.    las vegas cavu.     there were many days in the western USA when you could see to the horizon in all directions in an airplane,   now there are many areas in the west where you don't have cavu (clear air, visibilty unlimited) days.   in fact cavu is rare now.  here in central texas 7-10 miles visibilty is normal.  the air quality in the USA is not good anywhere IMO,  on most days.   that bad air from s. cal. drifts here all the time lowering our air quality.

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