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On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 13:45:44 GMT, mcs <mcs@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Karen
> Seattle is one of biggest growing cities because of its location and clean 
>air, go to airnow website ,

Why? What for?

Sooner rather than later it won't mean anything or will
reverse because they are, as is all the west coast,
getting polluted air from China. It's being well
documented now. It's all easy to find by googling.

> go to Money Magazine website , and they have 
>less pollution and crime

They don't have the poverty we do here. And why is that?
They didn't, or haven't gone, through the tremendous
transformation of going from one of the greatest
manufacturing centers the world has ever seen
to practically none of that during the last 50
years.

They also do not have, as I cited before, the minority
population we do with all of the things that
are inherent in that which have to do with lingering
racism. Seattle has double the number of college
graduates than we do  that alone could explain
why crime is lower.

> and they have months waiting lists for housing I 
>know I have tried to get there to afford to live and can't .

Well, that's turning into a huge problem all
along the west coast: affordable housing.

> Its probably 
>going to get to a point because of Asia and not overcrowding that the air 
>will get worse

It's already getting worse. There's no doubt about it. China
is creating  coal-fired plants all the time with no let up.

> but for now its still better then most places in USA if you 
>go to airnow website.
> That story about the guy who use to have a place in 
>Miami and he almost fainted yesterday coupled with watching it harder for my 
>clients to breathe sadly reflects the belief that we are being poisoned.

I don't know how to respond to that other than to say that my pulmonary
system must be made of stuff that is far stronger than a lot of
people. I've walked as much as I normally do outside this week and
I don't feel physically ill at all. Sure, it's uncomfortable
but I wear hats or use a parasol and drink of drink water.


> Our energy policies are just not causing high 
>prices, we are literally poisoning people and take me out of the mix for 
>now, just look at the airnow website. Just read what it says. Look at our 
>asthma rates, look at our violence! for gods sake look at nations weather... 
>what is wrong with this administration and our governement? We are being 
>murdered!

Just to be cynical for a moment. The fact that a lot of young black men
are killing themselves in big cities doesn't matter to a lot of people.
Oh, they may say it matters but I truly doubt that George Bush even
thinks about it or ever has.