MicheleGazelle
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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>mabusincarnate</b></i>
But, my wife refuses to move. She will let me quit my job to find something I like but she draws the line at giving up what she likes. That's fair, I guess but there's a market for her job all over the country. Whatever...</end quote></div>
That bites. I divorced a man whom I felt was a threat to my life over the things he would not do/could not change in himself. So I can understand the frustration.
I will suggest that you consider doing some scouting and find a job/volunteer work/whatever in the least polluted/most tolerable spot you can manage to commute to from where you currently live. Being in a less polluted environment even a few hours a week might improve things for you. And maybe do some research on which houseplants will help improve air quality. I recall Aloe Vera are in the top five for that. I used to have a bunch of them. They are low maintenance desert plants, so they survived my severe neglect of them. It might be a way to help your situation without being a huge time and energy burden.
Even in a region, there will be variability in air quality from spot to spot. I was adamant about getting into the apartment complex I live in. It is tons cleaner than any other apartment complex I looked at. Most of them, we drove into the parking lot and turned around and drove out because we began to cough and gag. This one is up on a hill, surrounded by trees, and the dumpster is at the bottom of the hill with its own driveway for the dump truck to access. The apartment complex next to us has much poorer air quality in part because some of their apartments have fireplaces, even though it is also up on a hill and surrounded by trees and the dumpster has a similar placement (though without its own entrance for the dump truck).
So if you are stuck in Houston, I would encourage you to do what you can to arrange the best air quality you can in your home and in whatever employment or other activities you pursue.
But, my wife refuses to move. She will let me quit my job to find something I like but she draws the line at giving up what she likes. That's fair, I guess but there's a market for her job all over the country. Whatever...</end quote></div>
That bites. I divorced a man whom I felt was a threat to my life over the things he would not do/could not change in himself. So I can understand the frustration.
I will suggest that you consider doing some scouting and find a job/volunteer work/whatever in the least polluted/most tolerable spot you can manage to commute to from where you currently live. Being in a less polluted environment even a few hours a week might improve things for you. And maybe do some research on which houseplants will help improve air quality. I recall Aloe Vera are in the top five for that. I used to have a bunch of them. They are low maintenance desert plants, so they survived my severe neglect of them. It might be a way to help your situation without being a huge time and energy burden.
Even in a region, there will be variability in air quality from spot to spot. I was adamant about getting into the apartment complex I live in. It is tons cleaner than any other apartment complex I looked at. Most of them, we drove into the parking lot and turned around and drove out because we began to cough and gag. This one is up on a hill, surrounded by trees, and the dumpster is at the bottom of the hill with its own driveway for the dump truck to access. The apartment complex next to us has much poorer air quality in part because some of their apartments have fireplaces, even though it is also up on a hill and surrounded by trees and the dumpster has a similar placement (though without its own entrance for the dump truck).
So if you are stuck in Houston, I would encourage you to do what you can to arrange the best air quality you can in your home and in whatever employment or other activities you pursue.