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Here are the 10 dirtiest cities and 10 cleanest cities in the country that made it onto Lawnstarter's list — with an overall ranking averaged from four factors (pollution, living conditions ...
LawnStarter ranked the dirtiest cities in the U.S. after completing a study of more than 300 cities based on air pollution, water quality, waste management and resident dissatisfaction levels.
In October 1969, Walter Cronkite declared Chattanooga the "dirtiest city in America" in a news broadcast, due to heavy pollution and smog from industrialization. [4] Residents sometimes had to drive with headlights on during the day in order to see through the smog. [2]
Marilao and Meycauayan together deemed among the world's 30 most polluted places in the developing world in a 2007 study. [58] Per the Blacksmith Institute: “Industrial waste is haphazardly dumped into the Meycauayan, Marilao and Obando River system” [58] Musi River: Telangana, India: Ranked as the 22nd most polluted river in the world. [59]
This list contains the top 500 cities by PM2.5 annual mean concentration measurement as documented by the World Health Organization covering the period from 2010 to 2022. The January 2024 version of the WHO database contains results of ambient (outdoor) air pollution monitoring from almost 5,390 towns and cities in 63 countries.
wilhelmja, flickr Travel + Leisure is out with a list of "America's 30 Dirtiest Cities", and perhaps surprisingly, smoggy Los Angeles does not top the list -- it comes in at No.
In September 2012, Travel+Leisure named New York City the #1 'America's Dirtiest City', from the results of a readership survey rating 35 "Favorite Cities" in the United States. In 2001 Mayor Rudolph Giuliani closed the Fresh Kills Landfill on Staten Island. The City did not have a subsequent plan for garbage disposal.
Bakersfield, California. To kick things off, apparently Bakersfield, California doesn't have a whole lot going for it. At least according to Redditor u/Confused_Penguin5, who writes, "Bakersfield.