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If cleanliness is next to godliness, then NYC’s basically heaven on Earth (kinda). Despite its vermin, trash-lined streets and only-in-New York smells, the Big Apple did not rank as one of the top 10 “Dirtiest Cities in America.” It’s a miracle on 34th Street — and it’s not even Christmas. “From clean drinking water to sewage disposal, littered streets to missed garbage pick-ups, we analyzed 12.3 million sanitation-related 311 complaints in a series of U.S. cities to reveal which metropolises need to clean up their act,” wrote study authors from HouseFresh, an indoor air quality imprint.

Excerpt only site: Cities like New York, Miami, Las Vegas and Los Angeles may be some of the most popular and exciting cities in the U.S., but they also happen to be the dirtiest. A list of the most filthiest cities in America has been compiled by Travel and Leisure magazine. Most of the places that made the top ten were some of the most popular in all of the country, perhaps something to do with the number of tourists who frequent there or the street parties and events that attract hundreds of thousands of visitors every year.

Australia is the world's dirtiest country June 28 2004 at 05:57AM Sydney - Australia pumps out more of the greenhouse gases that cause global warming than France or Italy, a recent study concludes. In fact, on a per capita basis, Australia is a worse polluter than the United States, a report from rich country group the OECD shows. Australians emit 27,2 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per person per year, a figure far higher than the Americans' 21,4 tons and more than double the average for rich countries. The main reason Australia is such a dirty country is its reliance...

<p>HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.(AP) - A stretch of beach here was rated among Orange County's five most polluted by the environmental group Heal the Bay.</p> <p>"It's the usual suspects," said the group's executive director Mark Gold. "Orange County had six sewage spills that, though minor, resulted in shoreline closures, compared to four in Los Angeles County that did not lead to closures. Last year, Orange County had 14 sewage spills."</p>