Colorado Experience | The Most Polluted Zip Code, Part 1
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
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In north Denver, the 80216 zip code has been named one of the most polluted in the country. From redlining to factories and highways built through the neighborhoods, we learn what led to this unfortunate designation.
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I covered this issue for a college project back about 4-5 years ago and it's very validating to see this be covered. This is a massively under-discussed problem and I'm glad it's getting some air time.
A few years back, my daughter and I stumbled on some really cool street art under I70 right by the Purina plant and I was immediately curious about the area. I did a little research and found the history there to be fascinating and sad. Great job on this piece 👏🏻 I'm looking forward to watching part 2..
Purina apparently smells everywhere....I lived next to a plant in college, it was hideous.........CO, what a drastic mix of pristine mtn. environments and oil and mining damaged environments.
Purina stinks but is probably the least toxic air out of all the industry there
Isn't Purina a pet food company? Unsure what that has to do with oil and mining damaged environments...
I lived in Denver for a while, somewhat near this area. At a certain point, locals need to ask, do they want the jobs where the low income housing is, or do they want to move the refinery, loading docks, Purina plant outside of the area so the lower income folks need to move or find a way to get out of town for their work.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s horrible that the pollution continues. But this documentary brings up a strange cognitive dissonance that I’m having a hard time finding an appropriate solution for
Super fund the founderies to convert the forges to induction from coal. Add more solar panels interspaced with exhaust fans over the interstates first.
I was listening to this as basically a podcast and was rather surprised to see Swansea written down, showing how far the pronunciation has changed from the town in Wales that it's presumably named after. That's pronounced swonzy/swonzee.
Looking forward to future episodes and particularly interested in the solutions they’re proposing. The people don't want to leave, and moving the industry is $$$$, so how do you solve this catch-22?
That's not a catch-22 -- it's just a problem that's too expensive to solve. A catch-22 is a pair of situations that each causes the other. For example, people become homeless because they lose their job, but then they can't get a job because they're homeless.
Copper smelters spread arsenic. Arsenic is FOREVER 🤷🏼♀️
So families moved into these industrial areas on purpose, and now they are upset because they're living in toxic neighborhoods. Hmmmm. I don't feel sad for them. If they're really so upset, they should move.
That was my initial impression, but I try to consider that people probably aren't as economically mobile as others, so they probably can't afford to move.
Northern Colorado has bad pollution and they just sweep it under the rug.
With a degree in Urban & regional planning, i can say these people are not being realistic. This area has been polluted for more than 100 years. Residents have been passed by. Stop trying to live in a cesspool and relocate. There are plenty of other low income places in the Denver metro areas. When does personal accountability and choice come into play? No one is forcing anyone to stay there. Let's stop spending money trying to justify living in an industrial zone.
I moved to Denver over 30 years ago - I knew even back then to not look for a house in Globeville, Elyria/Swansea, and yeah - throw in Commerce City, too.
You're also not being realistic. People in poverty can't afford to just up sticks and move to a different part of town, because they can't afford to take the time off work to arrange that and find a new job. Congrats on being part of the latest generation of urban planners to not understand people.
Where are these other affordable neighborhoods you refer to? Even the least desirable, high crime neighborhoods are expensive.
There are very few affordable areas any more, and those that are affordable are going to come with issues. These people should be happy to have a place to live. If they'd like to spend what the rest of us are spending on housing, then they can move. This is just the reality of the world we are living in.
Very toxic i suffer many responsibility evilness as well as the number of children around the area no place to grow up healthy really