cat/human health

Question
Aloha,

My wife and live in Hawaii and we picked up a stray kitty over a year ago.  He is in good health and we take him to the vet for check-ups.  I have several questions for you today:

1. We live in a very small 300 square feet apartment and it is set up like a studio, the bedroom is seperate but there is no door.  Because of the size of our place we have to have the litter box in the living room area if you will.  The litter dust is often kicked up into the air and ultimately our lungs.  Is this a danger to have the litter so close to our every moment events when we are home/sleeping/eating etc?
2.  We are moving to Michigan where our family is but would need to get him declawed to keep him, I don't want to do that because of the pain and it does not seem natural.  He is a little over a year.  Is this a bad idea to declaw him?
3. If we don't declaw him we would need to leave him here.  Will that be hard on the cat or will traveling and cold weather be worse?
Thanks for your time,
Mark

Answer
ok for question number 1 if your worried about polluting your lungs they jnow have cat litter made into non dusty pellets kinda like pellets for a pellet stove.

question 2 if it means that your cat will become homeless if the claws arent removed then i would go for the declawing,  which is a very painful thing for a cat but being homeless would be worse.