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I wouldn't consider moving to Paris without all the plans they have:

- Central Paris will have ZERO diesel cars after 2024.

- 1, 2, 3, 4 and north parts of 5, 6, 7 arr. will have limited non-diesel traffic.

- Neuilly is also adopting the same limitation, because everyone there already have Teslas. (Electric is not the solution, the bike is the solution)

Respiratory diseases are not only caused by viruses they are also increased by diluting gasoline and diesel with other oils (historically mostly palm-derived, but now any cooking oil is used) to increase supply.

I'm betting fracking also puts a lot of bad things into these fuels that then end up in the air you breathe.

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I was in Paris this year and my nails were getting black just from the smog. My wife has long covid and even though she was moving around with wheelchair, we had to leave the city the 2nd day because she couldn’t breathe anymore and started to cough blood.

Of course she is very sensitive now, she can’t be even close to a person smoking or a bbq. But it’s also a good indicator of how bad is for your lungs to live in Paris ir any polluted city.

Were you ever there 10-20 years ago? Because it was truly awful then, like night-and-day compared to now, and under Hidalgo it's only getting better.

I think the solution is to take sail boats and trains instead of planes and buses because those sometimes leave you behind the burning of toxic fuel and also as a sideline Sharp UA-HG40E (just be careful what water you use in it (filter or source without minerals) and disable the ozone thing). When biking for those that can bike, stay off crowded car roads when you can, I nowadays hold my breath when a truck passes by. Last but not at all least: move to a smaller housing (20 square meters max per person) and quit your stupid job. Obviously: No debt, low fixed costs and learn how to program a low energy computer ~5W. Multiplayer is the matrix, learn it!

Has been the same for other cities as well, Milano for example.

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