> In Houston, I ate lunch, walked out of the restaurant and into the polluted air and basically promptly threw up in reaction to it. I decided I was done and le

> In Houston, I ate lunch, walked out of the restaurant and into the polluted air and basically promptly threw up in reaction to it. I decided I was done and leaving. Strange, I've never seen or heard of anyone losing their cookies over Houston pollution before. I lived there for 11 years, was an endurance athlete there, and have lived in Austin for 22. I wonder what the circumstances were. > It may not be worse in your eyes, but it is the worst air quality I have personally experienced. I think you haven't seen real air pollution then. I've choked in Los Angeles in the '70s, had to take a bath after being outside in Pittsburg in the 60's, and seen the choking effluent that cities like Gary, IN and Erie, PA had before the EPA got geared up. That's not to mention places that I haven't been, like Beijing, or Shanghai, or Sao Paolo, or even Tokyo at times. I think it is an exaggeration to claim Houston is any more polluted than most major cities.