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by cafard 2388 days ago
Actually, it was pretty nasty during periods of US prosperity.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Donora_smog
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GDP per person was $14k in 1948. It's $58k now.

Inflation adjusted, of course.

https://www.multpl.com/us-real-gdp-per-capita/table/by-year