[bamboozled]

I've apparently never had asthma in my life, until I moved to Sydney, Australia for a while.

It's a city which _loves_ cars.

I used to cycle about 20 minutes to the office, the view was beautiful but the traffic was horrendous. I used to wheeze and struggle with breathing a lot more than usual. The doctor diagnosed me with "seasonal asthma" and gave me a ventolin prescription, which I've never felt the need to refill since leaving.

The doctor told me there was some phenomenon which made the air pollution worse, something about the reflection of the water from the harbor ? I wish I could remember what it was called.

It's anecdotal but that was my experience.

[robbiep]

Where did you live previously?

Australia has one of the highest rates of asthma in the world, with higher rates in rural and regional areas than the cities. Sydney also has a high rate of moulds which can be triggers due to its often humid environment and poor building standards (cf Melbourne for example where houses are more ruggedised)

[123123as1asd12]

I cant live in sydney, I nearly died from asthma when I moved there as a child to live with my father. every time i visited he would have to rent a nebulizer, i have asthma but not that terrible, that place is horrid. I believe its the pollen as well as the cars.

Coastal regions are way better for asthmatics. the dry salty air. gold coast/sunshine coast.

[kortex]

> something about the reflection of the water from the harbor

Temperature inversion? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inversion_(meteorology)