Dirtiest Cities America - Travel

How do you define the soul of a city? For many travelers, it is in the dirt.

Atlanta ad exec Patrick Scullin, for example, likes to Baltimore, but not because it is particularly intact. "Yes, there is litter, smoking, and graffiti," he said, "but that's just life happening. The air offensive at times, but a cool breeze off the port can alleviate any concerns. It is a jewel of a city. "

While such sentiments do not appear in tourist brochures, which landed in the grain glorious Baltimore Top 10 dirtiest cities, as chosen by readers of leisure travel in the annual survey of America's favorite cities. Of course, visitors to gauge "dirty" in a variety of ways, litter, air pollution, even the taste of tap water.

This year American State Litter Scorecard, published by the advocacy group the American Society for Public Administration, put the two in Nevada and Louisiana in the bottom five echoes the assessment of TL readers who ranked Las Vegas and New Orleans among the dirtiest cities in America.

No. 1 New Orleans

Can you imagine cleaning required after Mardi Gras? Tourists and Mother Nature were sometimes hard on the Crescent City, who voted the dirtiest players in America. But that does not stop the good times roll on. Voters embraced fun-loving spirit of the city, ranking the first in New Orleans for its nightlife and eclectic people-watching.

No. 2 in Philadelphia

The City of Brotherly Love has been voted the dirtiest city fourth last year and just narrowly missed the top slot for sloppy this time. The people can not be helping with those first impressions, they ranked near the bottom of the style category, and in the bottom five to be environmentally conscious.

No. 3 in Los Angeles

This rep notorious for smog is hard to shake: the City of Angels, which is No. 3 for the second consecutive year, continues to do poorly in national air quality tests. AFC voters has also congested traffic in Los Angeles in last place to be user friendly for pedestrians and in the bottom three for the overall quality of life.

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