This article does a pretty good job of summing up the current state of things.

We did not have many inversions and Code Orange days this summer (thank goodness), but 2020-2021 was brutal. Consistently the city smells bad enough that there’s an app to track it. It’s definitely a problem, especially for those with respiratory issues and over the long term.

A lot of it also depends on your distance from the emitters. You’re less likely to experience it if you are at an elevation or further away from the problems (Edgar Thompson and McConway and Torley).

edit: here’s an article about our area’s increased cancer risk because of pollution.