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I have generally heard that Singapore is the cleanest city in the world on a number of levels.
In the Americas, the cleanest major city I have seen to this point is probably Vancouver. Out of US cities, I am not quite sure there is an equivalent for that. Toronto is also remarkably clean, organized, etc., given it's size.
In Europe, cities are mostly relatively clean by most global standards, however, I have the impression that Northern and Central Europe are the most so. I have not been to Central Europe though, so speaking to the ones I have been to, the Scandinavian capitals (esp. Helsinki) are nearly immaculate.
Sydney's downtown I found to be the cleanest of any stretch of Oceania, but Auckland was also quite clean.
In the Asia Pacific, so far I can only speak to Tokyo, Hong Kong and Beijing, all of which are pretty clean and organized by global standards IMO. Hong Kong has the most pristine, shiny stretches... but Tokyo as a whole has less very grimy areas, and on organization, it is immaculate and unmatched in the world.
In the Americas Medellin is extremely clean. They even have the first Recycle for Points banks system in the world whereby by recycling you accumulate points to pay for Mobile/Cell Phone Credit, household bills, public transport or Cinema & grocery vouchers etc.
Chinese cities have pretty clean business areas. But if you go to the older residential areas, it can be messy.
Northern and Central Europe all look very clean, but I think it is largely due to their low population density.
In America, New York is terrible, but other major cities are OK. Small cities are usually very clean.
Vienna comes to mind, but I bet a citizen of that city could probably point out an area that may not be so clean?
Someone mentioned Vancouver. Yes it's clean, not as clean as it used to be, and I can show you one part of town that is less than stellar, but overall, ya clean.
Singapore, incredibly clean and organised especially considering the population density.
I have to say that when I come home from overseas I usually notice how clean Sydney is. I particularly noticed this when returning from Vietnam recently and also from South America.
yes.
agree with BCD above:
Dubia was spotless every time.
i would not want to live there, though.
in the USA: Milwaukee.
only went there once.
it made an impression.
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