tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post7119390028393987171..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: Out of SortsWisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-46215746349066119452011-09-12T17:38:50.612-02:302011-09-12T17:38:50.612-02:30Do I hear you! The air quality has gotten so bad i...Do I hear you! The air quality has gotten so bad in big cities and no one seems to notice it. Even Seattle, where our children and grandchildren live, seems polluted to me, but the residents believe they are breathing clean air.Hattiehttp://hattie.typepad.com/hatties_web/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-22016666666109569112011-09-11T23:19:46.008-02:302011-09-11T23:19:46.008-02:30Get out! Get out! Go home where you can breathe. I...Get out! Get out! Go home where you can breathe. I know exactly how you're suffering. Eight years in central Illinois, with its belching factories and filthy fumes, almost saw me off.<br />Now I can breathe again. Every morning my first act on rising is to get out on the deck and inhale great lung-fulls of beautiful, life-giving, clean oxygen. It's wonderful! As for needing a 'city fix'. What's that? I know, of course, it's a personal viewpoint, but I never, ever, again want to get within a hundred miles of a big city.<br /><br />Go home, dear lady; go home.R J Adamshttp://sparrowchat.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-43955267425543756092011-09-11T16:24:55.861-02:302011-09-11T16:24:55.861-02:30I'm sure city air is a lot more unhealthy than...I'm sure city air is a lot more unhealthy than we realise, but the authorities keep quiet about it to stop everyone fleeing. There are parts of London where the traffic pollution is horrendous but seldom publicised. I remember that when I was in Toronto it was pointless to take a boat trip on Lake Ontario because the smog from the nearby factories was almost constant.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-28169846781726706582011-09-11T15:05:08.572-02:302011-09-11T15:05:08.572-02:30Big cities, I love them. Or used to love them.
I...Big cities, I love them. Or used to love them.<br /><br />I never get to go any more. But where I am now I can definitely say that I get plenty of fresh air. I'd probably get tired of big city living very quickly. Besides, big cities are exhausting.<br /><br />Make sure you're well enough to travel before you set off.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-52285167201575747622011-09-11T13:48:57.595-02:302011-09-11T13:48:57.595-02:30I get my big city fix by going to Vancouver a coup...I get my big city fix by going to Vancouver a couple of times a year for an overnight. That's about all I can stand. The air is good where I am on the island, but on a clear day I can see the brownish smudge in the direction of Vancouver.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04979547096244105508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-49327015583354477612011-09-11T13:11:46.229-02:302011-09-11T13:11:46.229-02:30Yep, big cities can make one sick. Why would you ...Yep, big cities can make one sick. Why would you leave paradise to begin with?marciamayohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185069576683872041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-76490333071511382552011-09-10T16:02:26.365-02:302011-09-10T16:02:26.365-02:30It's good to leave relieved that you're ge...It's good to leave relieved that you're getting out of there, rather than wishing you could have stayed longer. I love where I am but I still miss Toronto. And Vancouver. Sigh...<br /><br />Hope you feel better soon and have a safe trip home.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03787701515460812026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-39421053429906469572011-09-10T15:26:00.533-02:302011-09-10T15:26:00.533-02:30Ditto what ViewPoint2010 said, WWW - I hope you...Ditto what ViewPoint2010 said, WWW - I hope you're not coming down with a virus, but if you are, staying put might be the wiser option until it's shaken off.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-66649467404664525192011-09-10T14:30:08.547-02:302011-09-10T14:30:08.547-02:30When I moved out of Toronto more than 25-years ago...When I moved out of Toronto more than 25-years ago, I swore off the place. Have only been back once and that was a brief visit lasting not much more than a day. Have no desire to return. <br /><br />That being said, do yourself a favour and try to ensure that your discomfort is cityscape-related and not something else. Not a good idea to be starting a half-country drive if you're not feeling well. <br /><br />Be well.ViewPoint2010https://www.blogger.com/profile/01220005318305605072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-59167657945223743532011-09-10T13:16:06.965-02:302011-09-10T13:16:06.965-02:30I'm glad to hear that you're heading home ...I'm glad to hear that you're heading home with Ansa, it's where you belong. It will be the best place for you to be. It's where you are happy. The big city is just that, very big! A person could get lost in it. XOXIrenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.com