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]
There’s a theory that the high incidence of serial killers coming from the Tacoma area has something to do with this smell
Have a lot of them had the middle name Wayne? That’s another theory.
I thought it was leaded gas?
The smelting plant also processed lead.
TIL! Thanks
No problem! We got a bit of a double-whammy with the lead here haha