Kayla Cory, co-owner of Wonderwild, an indoor play area in Houston, says that she sees it regularly.

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There is a 4, 700-square-foot indoor gym, a woodworking area and an eight-car garage.

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The classroom-size indoor rifle range is tucked in a soundproof area next to the school's writing center.

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The new college development includes workshop areas, classrooms, laboratories and indoor sports facilities as well as an outdoor sports area and parkland.

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Among its amenities: a two-story ballroom, half-court indoor basketball court and two-lane bowling alley with kitchen and cafe area.

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The sprawling Hill Country compound boasts five dwellings including a 9, 950-square foot main house, multiple garages, a mega indoor sports complex, a plethora of outdoor sports courts, skeet shooting, an archery area, and a seven-acre pond stocked with fish.

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The number of hours spent daily, as well as the detrimental health effects of wood burning and indoor pollution -- such as eye and respiratory ailments -- risk contributing to the persistence of the area's poverty.

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