Detroit Ranked in the Top 5 for 2023’s Dirtiest Cities in America

Yet another list that we don't want to be on, but here we are.

Detroit was just recently ranked in the top 5 dirtiest cities in America. A new list released by LawnStarter compared 150 of the biggest cities in the nation to find out which ones are the dirtiest. Unfortunately, Michigan's largest city was near the top of that list.

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To rank these cities, LawnStarter.com used four different categories. Those categories were pollution, living conditions, infrastructure, and consumer satisfaction. After factoring in all of that information, Houston, Texas ranked number one on the list with a score of 56.02. Houston ranked third in the nation for pollution and fourth for bad living conditions.

Where did Detroit land on the list? The Motor City is ranked as the fourth dirtiest city in the United States with a score of 48.3. In the categories used, Detroit was #9 for pollution, #35 for living conditions, #89 for infrastructure, and #4 for consumer satisfaction.

What are the top 20 dirtiest cities in America?

The top 20 dirtiest cities in Ameria are as follows:

1. Houston, Texas
2. Newark, New Jersey
3. San Bernardino, California
4. Detroit, Michigan
5. Jersey City, New Jersey
6. Bakersfield, California
7. San Antonio, Texas
8. Fresno, California
9. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
10. Yonkers, New York
11. Shreveport, Louisiana
12. New York, New York
13. Birmingham, Alabama
14. Ontario, California
15. Los Angeles, California
16. Modesto, California
17. Palmdale, California
18. Hollywood, Florida
19. Las Vega, Nevada
20. Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Grand Rapids is also on this listed and is ranked at #128.

To see the full list and other interesting numbers, click here. 

Source: LawnStarter.com