how bad is the air pollution here in Taiwan?

because

I'd like to travel

or even move to Taiwan

but it's really close to China

and I wonder how bad

the air pollution is

really

hello

hi

sorry my name is Iris

I'm a youtuber

and I'm trying to find out if the foreign travellers

here find Taiwan very air polluted?

No

I mean

my eyes are acting out a little bit

but not too bad

okay so you find it's tolerable

yea very

compare to your home?

well compare to home this is

this is worse

ohhh okay

where are you guys from?

US Washington D.C.

Yea I mean Taipei gets

bad air pollution

because of China

but does it bother you at all?

not really

I mean it's skanky

it's just really really skanky

Do you think the air pollution here is bad?

compared to England

yes

compared to China?

no

wow that's a very precise answer

have you been to China?

Once yes

Taiwan I feel like I don't see it

but it's probably in the air

yea and it affected my eyes

so now I have to use eyedrops every morning

and they said it's because

I'm not used to the pollution here

what do you think?

yea I think on some days for sure

you can feel the smoke

for me it's different for you

for sure I can feel a little bit

I mean I used to live in Canada so I know

it gets really hazy year after year

but how long have you been in Taiwan?

for a few months yea

Oh wow

and does it bother you? the air pollution?

I mean I'm here for a short period of time

yea at first it was very hard to get used to it

now I'm kind of okay with it

but we comment on it with some friends

we comment on it from time to time

but definitely I notice it

what about compared to your home country?

yes I'm from Europe

so yes I'm from a very small country

from Ukraine

and is it worse there or worse here?

worse here

worse here in Taipei

yes

A youtuber?

yes a youtuber

and I'm trying to find out how foreign travellers here in Taiwan

find the air pollution

I'm actually a local here

oh you are okay

these are my parents

at the moment it seems fine

we've been here a day so

oh but it doesn't bother you?

no not here no

we went to China

last year

to Beijing

and there was a lot of pollution there

much much more

I could feel it when I breathe

you can see it in the air

here it doesn't seem so bad

okay so you don't feel it affecting your health at all?

Well not compared to China

Wow thank you so much!

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