Pollution in Bucharest, Romania

All the others have not been to Bucharest, or have been just turists. I live there for 30 years. At first Victor was right, but he failed when comparing the dirtiest city in Europe to Vienna -thea cleannest.
This is how "they compare". It's clear he has not been to Vienna where the streets smell like perfume as they wash the streets and put perfume in detergent, so he would not compare perfume to garbage juice.

I don't know what areas of Bucharest Richard has visited but what he said applies only to the city center. Go 5km away from Unirii Square and you'll see garbage bags strewn around the sidewalks, muddy alleys, and 10-20 parked cars for each tree on the sidewalks. Some parks are being downsized to make room for new malls (as if there aren't enough) or apartments.

During heavy snows the roads are cleared but the snow is moved on the sidewalks, making movement as a pedestrian akin to hiking. Sidewalks are cleared only in very high traffic areas.

The air quality has gone down in the recent decade. You can smell the heavy car smoke whenever you open the window if you don't live near a park or some alley away from populated streets.

The water tastes more and more of chlorine with each passing year, forcing some people to either buy bottled water or install a water filter.

The public transportation is awful, mainly due to the traffic problems the city faces.

Compared to cities like Vienna the city feels dirtier and smells worse.

Been living here for 30 years and the environment conditions (air, water, green areas) and transportation seem to be getting worse, even if other things (jobs, products available, entertainment) are improving.

Would move out of here if I could.