Springfield 4th Greenest City in US (Cambridge, Newton: home, college, living in)

[WestMass79]

http://www.countryhome.com/greenciti...ties1_100.html

Country Home Magazine
City Rankings
Best Green Cities 1 - 100
1. Burlington-South Burlington, VT
2. Ithaca, NY
3. Corvallis. OR
4. Springfield, MA
5. Wenatchee, WA
6. Charlottesville, VA
7. Boulder, CO
8. Madison, WI
9. Binghamton, NY
10. Champaign-Urbana, IL
11. Ann Arbor, MI
12. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA
13. La Crosse, WI
14. Pittsfield, MA
15. Eau Claire, WI
16. Durham, NC
17. Norwich-New London, CT
18. Eugene-Springfield, OR
19. San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA
20. Chico, CA
21. Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
22. Barnstable Town, MA
23. Utica-Rome, NY
24. Missoula, MT
25. Asheville, NC
26. Fort Collins-Loveland, CO
27. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
28. Bloomington-Normal, IL
29. Iowa City, IA
30. Santa Fe, NM
31. Elmira, NY
32. Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA
33. Lansing-East Lansing, MI
34. Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME
35. Napa, CA
36. Olympia, WA
37.Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA
38. Medford, OR
39. Ames, IA
40. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR
41. Glens Falls, NY
42. Prescott, AZ
43. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
44. Gainesville, FL
45. State College, PA
46. Bellingham, WA
47. Flagstaff, AZ
48. Bend, OR
49. Salisbury, MD
50. Harrisonburg, VA
51. Cumberland, MD
52. Austin-Round Rock, TX
53. Lawrence, KS
54. Salem, OR
55. Tucson, AZ
56. Elkhart-Goshen, IN
57. Syracuse, NY
58. St. George, UT
59. Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, FL
60. Lafayette, IN
61. Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL
62. Provo-Orem, UT
63. Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
64. San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA
65. Spokane, WA
66. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA
67. Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA
68. Bremerton-Silverdale, WA
69. Grand Junction, CO
70. Colorado Springs, CO
71. Erie, PA
72. St. Cloud, MN
73. Green Bay, WI
74. Trenton-Ewing, NJ
75. Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
76. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN
77. Appleton, WI
78. Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
79. Denver-Aurora, CO
80. Ocean City, NJ
81. Battle Creek, MI
82. Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
83. Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA
84. Cedar Rapids, IA
85. Fairbanks, AK
86. Springfield, MO
87. Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD
88. Naples-Marco Island, FL
89. Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
90. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
91. Kingston, NY
92. Bangor, ME
93. Rochester, NY
94. Bloomington, IN
95. Honolulu, HI
96. Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA
97. Lewiston-Auburn, ME
98. Williamsport, PA
99. Logan, UT
100. Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL

[teapots21]

So there is something positive about Springfield! I knew it couldn't be all that bad. Being a green city is really good. We are currently using used fry oil in our diesel Suburban. This reuses a waste product and cuts down on our dependency on fossil feuls. Seems like Springfield is the place for us!

[seldomseen]

Springfield may have made the "green" list but 95% of the city is a dump! And that's no lie! If you're intent on living in Springfield, consider living in one of the better abutting towns!