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TIL about the "Aroma of Tacoma" (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 day ago by chrisbrummel@infosec.pub to c/seattle@lemmy.world
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I saw this article at BoingBoing, and had to look it up.

From Wikipedia:

The Aroma of Tacoma, also known as the Tacoma Aroma, is a putrid and unpleasant odor associated with Tacoma, Washington, United States.[1] The smell has been described as similar to the odor of rotten eggs.[2] The odor is not noticeable throughout the city, but is rather concentrated in the Tacoma tideflats and is frequently smelled by motorists traveling that section of Interstate 5.[2]

Crossposted from til@lemmy.world: https://lemmus.org/post/23788650

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[โ€“] lessthanluigi 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have driven through Tacoma many times, and I have never smelt this

[โ€“] velma@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago

It's a smell of the past at this point. Paper mill and the smelting plant got shut down!