Apparments- higher the floor the lower the pollution in metro's?

[keerthi sureshbabu]

Nowadays in opting appartments people opt for higher floor.. the cost of apparments also increases as the floor number increases. The construction companies have started building above 20floors with gated community. they say the higher the floor pollution free, but my point of view is higher the floor also the suspended particulate matters move upwards and take time to settle back to downward. my option of selection of floor would be below 3 and not above it. some opt for higher floor saying scenic beauty, and in  lower floor only vehicles could be seen n noise pollution. share your views

Is higher floor a  pollution free in metro's?

[kamla ravikumar]

The lower floors you have deal with cockroaches, maybe rats and other bugs.Higher floors you are free from these.On higher floors You are closer to birds which come and sit on your balcony and you can feed them and keep a bird bath for them.Noise factor of car horns and festival loud speakers is also less.

[anubha goel]

the higher you go, the amount of suspended particles decreases. this is true for particles in the respirable range. The finer particles can remain airborne for a much longer time but their sources are mainly due to exhaust from cars and other road vehicles. Sources at a higher level are few and far between. I think that in an apartment complex, the storeys to be of concern in terms of air quality, would be till the sixth floor or so. Unless there happens to be an industry emitting smoke or other emissions through a very high stack, the upper floors should be more cleaner in terms of respirable particles.

[Kirthika]

I do agree with u keerthi....