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Coming from Dallas and moving to Houston I experienced new things and realized that Houston city life is very different than Dallas. Dallas people have a different way of speaking than the people that live in Houston. People in Houston very different from the people in Dallas also the climate is very different and it’s much more humid in Houston ,plus Dallas it's much more industries, which are leading contributors to the city's economy. These industries are located along the ship channel, coupled with a growing population, which has caused a considerable increase in air pollution for the city each year. Houston has excessive ozone levels and is ranked among the most ozone-polluted cities in the United States. Ground-level ozone, or smog,

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