Those air quality standards costing multi-billions of dollars are being dramatically tightened.

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That can start costing you real money, as well as lowering your quality of life.

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In contrast, every golf course on this list is of exceptional quality, and in many cases they are better than other courses costing two, three, or even ten times as much.

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Quality suffered, productivity fell and then came the Ford-Firestone fiasco, costing billions in repairs and goodwill.

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