[yarddog]

I once visited a large hog farm in Tidewater Virginia. It was very clean and well kept but all of a sudden the smell hit me.

I really can’t imagine living near one.

[KarlInOhio]

My high school was upwind from a hog farm on most days. But on those days when the wind came from the east - whoa piggy.

[xp38]

There was an area in Toronto where a big rendering plant existed for swine. If you drove into this area you uh noticed the aroma for sure. It was on some major streets. I imagine any people living nearby just got used to it or left. The plant long ago closed and is now a shopping complex. I still recall the smell though.

[Secret Agent Man]

If its that bad, they shouldnt allow people to buy land that close, or if they do, have conditions in the sale that forbid lawsuits against the farms.

[maine-iac7]

I once visited a large hog farm in Tidewater Virginia. It was very clean and well kept but all of a sudden the smell hit me. I really can’t imagine living near one.

Of all farm animals, I've never found any other smell worse...and open pits allow the stench to travel pretty far. Sometimes, the people aren't wrong...

[BBell]

I used to work for a company that installed A/C units and appliances in trailers in North Carolina. Whenever a new unit was to be installed or worked on and we knew it was near a hog farm or worse yet on a hog farm, nobody wanted to go. That smell. I don’t know how those folks lived on them farms. I guess ya get used to it.

[Engedi]

I worked part time at a small family owned stop and go out in the country. Hog farmers well known to the community would come in and get snacks, drinks, gas for their trucks, cars, etc. They would come in all dressed up going out to dinner or some nice occasion and they would still smell of hog crap. It gets in your skin, pores working and living on hog farm.