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I'm going to second Hustla in this and state that NYC is the filthiest city that I have ever seen. Because the buildings are so close, often with no alleys, trash piles like mountains outside your tiny apartment. Even in Calcutta the people understood that you throw garbage outside the city.
The smell of urine is omnipresent in every corner of the city. In all boroughs. I will never understand this. Where are all of these pedestrian urinators coming from?
However, it is the attitude which makes NYC so inherently dirty. People well and truly do not care about throwing trash on the ground, or throwing up on subways, or disposing of garbage wherever you happen to be.
In terms of cities and not areas, I think Chicago is the cleanest city that I have seen so far. I didn't appreciate alleyways until I moved back here. I didn't appreciate comprehensive sewer systems until I moved back here. I certainly never appreciated neighbors that felt guilty (even the ones that don't speak English!) for cooking if the aroma travels. I have a family of mad Russians that lives on the floor below me, and the father used to apologize weekly for the smell of cabbage (I told him to stop apologizing; it wasn't terrible and as long as they opened the windows it went away).
Every single day I see someone in this city pick up garbage from the ground and throw it away. Just passerby, even those with high-quality leather gloves. Hell, our businesspeople pick up trash if they see it. It's just what you do here.
I do believe that our mass transit is pretty dirty, however. Again, it still doesn't compare to the filth I regularly dealt with on the subways in NYC.
I'm going to second Hustla in this and state that NYC is the filthiest city that I have ever seen. Because the buildings are so close, often with no alleys, trash piles like mountains outside your tiny apartment. Even in Calcutta the people understood that you throw garbage outside the city.
The smell of urine is omnipresent in every corner of the city. In all boroughs. I will never understand this. Where are all of these pedestrian urinators coming from?
However, it is the attitude which makes NYC so inherently dirty. People well and truly do not care about throwing trash on the ground, or throwing up on subways, or disposing of garbage wherever you happen to be.
In terms of cities and not areas, I think Chicago is the cleanest city that I have seen so far. I didn't appreciate alleyways until I moved back here. I didn't appreciate comprehensive sewer systems until I moved back here. I certainly never appreciated neighbors that felt guilty (even the ones that don't speak English!) for cooking if the aroma travels. I have a family of mad Russians that lives on the floor below me, and the father used to apologize weekly for the smell of cabbage (I told him to stop apologizing; it wasn't terrible and as long as they opened the windows it went away).
Every single day I see someone in this city pick up garbage from the ground and throw it away. Just passerby, even those with high-quality leather gloves. Hell, our businesspeople pick up trash if they see it. It's just what you do here.
I do believe that our mass transit is pretty dirty, however. Again, it still doesn't compare to the filth I regularly dealt with on the subways in NYC.
Great. I hope you're enjoying "pristine and spotless" Chicago!!
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Dirtiest: tie between London and New Orleans. They were both dirtier than border towns.
Cleanest: Raleigh, NC
Really about London? I haven't been to London in a while. How long has it been for U? I think the weather there like in the NE esp in the winter makes everything look dirtier than would normally.
have you ever been to Nashville when it rains? particularly around Elliston Place, and even sometimes on Broadway you can get a whiff. i don't even know what the smell IS, but it's completely horrible.
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Originally Posted by Drover
I'm not gonna sit here and claim Chicago is sp!c n' span from top to bottom, but I don't understand the claim that our subways are "nasty and horrible." Here is some footage of a few subways:
ahh, now, Drover, we all know the vomit/urine/feces conglomerates at Wilson. i almost slipped in vomit TWICE walking down the stairs there one day.
Don't get me started on the lovely smell of urine that seems ubiquitous around the entrance of the Division subway stop on the Blue Line, as well as the mysterious liquids dripping from the stalactite like things in the cracked ceilings. Oh yes, I love my subway stop
Don't get me started on the lovely smell of urine that seems ubiquitous around the entrance of the Division subway stop on the Blue Line, as well as the mysterious liquids dripping from the stalactite like things in the cracked ceilings. Oh yes, I love my subway stop
eww, mysterious stalactite things are never good.
see, I rarely ride the blue line. but at least my stop smells like urine and fried chicken AND chinese food (Bryn Mawr) on some wonderful occasions!
Dirtiest city I've ever visited? hands down Tijuana,MX!!! Some others that were pretty dirty (garbage thrown everyone,smelly) Baltimore (except inner harbor,which is nice), Atlantic City,NJ, Newark,NJ, Detroit.
Cleanest: Charlotte and Boston seemed fairly clean ,but I haven't visited either in 6 years.
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i almost slipped in vomit TWICE walking down the stairs there one day.
