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I think Houston is not just a bad counter-example, it's the worst counter-example. It not only has really horribly high pollution[0], but enormous amounts of ur
by enraged_camel 7y ago
I think Houston is not just a bad counter-example, it's the worst counter-example. It not only has really horribly high pollution[0], but enormous amounts of urban sprawl[1]. It's not exactly the model city to look up to.
It's also worth noting that the lack of regulations that Houstonians take pride in contributed to the devastation caused by Harvey in a big way.
[0]: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Despite-progress-Houston-air-quality-among-worst-13791574.php https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/...
[1]https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/urban-sprawl-worst-cities https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/urban-sprawl-worst-c...
- refurb 7y agoIt's not exactly the model city to look up to. And California cities are? Did you look at the rankings in your source? Houston comes in at #9 in terms of worst air pollution. #1-#8 are all California cities, with the exception of one in Arizona. In fact, California cities rank the highest in air pollution across all the measures. [1]https://www.lung.org/our-initiatives/healthy-air/sota/city-rankings/most-polluted-cities.html https://www.lung.org/our-initiatives/healthy-air/sota/city-r...
- enraged_camel 7y ago>>And California cities are? No, I did not say California cities are, for precisely the reasons you stated in fact!
- refurb 7y agoHuh? You said Houston is "the worst counter-example" to San Francisco because the pollution is so high. Yet, pollution is worse in in the bay area than Houston.