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by tomrod 317 days ago
If you could see long term PM2.5 averages and how they vary, we'd approach as a national crisis.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266601722... (this groups methods can be substantially improved).

Having done some additional follow on work in the space -- the results definitely do not follow socioeconomic boundaries as one might expect.

Roads are a huge contributor.

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Roads being a huge factor also plays into socioeconomic factors though, at least in some places. Take New York City for example, where the off-ramps for highways were purposefully planned to let traffic out in larger numbers in impoverished areas to keep the noise and pollution minimal for the more affluent burrows.
Absolutely. Though, do note that, at least in the US, road network locations change slower than gentrification changes a neighborhoods socioeconomics.