Steve Pope wrote:
> Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:
>
>> When I lived in Cherry Creek (Denver),
>> there was a complete ban on wood burning, leaf burning, etc. My
>> townhouse had gas "logs."
>
> That makes sense, given that Denver often ranked as the most
> polluted city in the U.S.
>
> Steve


Yes, it is. Not because its residents live a different lifestyle, but
because it is smack against the Rocky Mountains to the west and winds
and weather fronts coming over the mountains usually sweep high above
the area, not helping to sweep dirty eastward and dilute it as the winds
do in the flatlands.

gloria p