Just one more reason why I need to move away from Beaumont (make sure that you read all the way down to #20):
Top 25 ozone-polluted areas:
2007 rankings for metropolitan statistical areas
1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, Calif.
2. Bakersfield, Calif.
3. Visalia-Porterville, Calif.
4. Fresno-Madera, Calif.
5. Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, Texas
6. Merced, Calif.
7. Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
8. Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Truckee, Calif.-Nev.
9. Baton Rouge-Pierre Part, La.
10. New York-Newark-Bridgeport, N.Y.-N.J.-Conn.-Pa.
11. Washington, D.C.-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, Md.-Va.-W.V.
12. Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md.
13. Hanford-Corcoran, Calif.
13. Modesto, Calif.
15. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz.
16. Charlotte-Gastonia-Salisbury, N.C.-S.C.
17. Las Vegas-Paradise-Pahrump, Nev.
17. Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, Wis.
19. St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, Mo.-Ill.
20. El Centro, Calif.
20. Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, Mo.-Kan.
20. Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas
20. Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, Ill.-Ind.-Wis.
24. Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, Mich.
25. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, Ga.-Ala.
25. Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, Ohio
Source: The American Lung Association
No wonder I always feel sick! I live in a state with three of the top twenty-five most polluted cities in the United States! And, with Houston (#5) on one side and Baton Rouge (#9) on the other, chances are that that pollution is constantly swirling from one place to another, making sure that I am never breathing in lovely, clean air. I'm probably going to die of lung cancer. The only good thing about all of this is that now I know there is a place called Naperville, Indiana and am going to feel free to make fun of that until it is no longer funny (never).
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You won't have to worry about your lungs if you move to Newton, MA... hint, hint...
Yeah, or like if I moved to Nebraska. Of course, I would still have to worry about trailor parks and tornados (what I like to call "The Double T Threat").
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