I am not saying pollution is non-existent, nor that it is not a problem here. However, all things considered from my own perspective and experience, Hong kong is a great place to live for young and old. If I were to suggest places less polluted I would suggest Sai Kung and out to the country park or maybe Shatin if you want to live a little more close in. I would also strongly recommend to any adversely affected by the environment in Hong Kong to leave before it has a more deleterious affect on your health. By the way, my ex-wife developed adult onset asthma in Oz, my eldest daughter also developed quite severe bronchial symptoms there. Both those ladies lived in Hong Kong for some time with no recurrence of the dreaded and rotten asthma. I go again to my original post, many specialists consider the rapid spread of asthma to be allergic reactions to the very high levels of chemicals in our food. Once you have asthma then your bronchial passages are so sensitive that triggers such as pollution become a factor. So please I am not even suggesting that the posters with asthma related relations are telling porky pies.