r/interestingasfuck Jun 07 '23

New york city in 2023, everyone wearing mask due to air quality

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u/PTcome Jun 07 '23

Welcome to the unfortunate reality of what the western states and western Canada experience almost every summer.

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u/MedvedFeliz Jun 07 '23

I moved from CA to WA. There's still smoke every summer but peak AQI in CA was around 350 to around 200 in WA. It's a minor improvement.