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Air quality is definitely a major factor determining where people choose to live.
With the development of large cities, air pollution has increased over the years. In the Los Angeles area, the South Bay benefits from prevailing westerly ocean breezes which normally push air pollution inland. Foothills and mountain ranges from 20 to 60 miles inland form a barrier and the valleys below these higher elevations act as collection basins for smog and other pollutants. Cleaner air is also found about 50 or more miles inland, beyond the barriers formed by the elevated terrain. That far inland, however, the absence of the maritime influence results in very high summer and lower winter temperatures.