If cleanliness is next to piety, then NYC is essentially a heaven on earth (a bit).
Despite its pests, trash lined streets and the only smell in New York, the Big Apple was not ranked as one of the top 10 “the dirtiest cities in America.”
That’s The miracle of 34th Street – And it’s not even Christmas.
“From clean drinking water to sewage treatment, we missed picking up garbage from the streets scattered around, and we analyzed 12.3 million sanitation-related 311 complaints in one city, revealing which big cities need to clean their actions.” Written the research author From HouseFresh, which is a trace of indoor air quality.
“We ranked locations based on the number of hygiene-related reports per 100,000 population.”
To my surprise, Baltimore, Maryland, took number one place on all the land as the dirtyest place.
“The surprisingly high complaint rate is 47,295 There appears to be a disconnect between community needs and urban cleanliness per 100,000 population,” the investigator said.
“[Baltimore] It’s home Six of the dirty zip cords,“They continued, “Each of them is in or around the city centre.”
“The city has a surprisingly low complaint rate of 3,728 per 100,000 people compared to 21,616. The examiner said about the charming concrete jungle, the fascinating charm – dry, dusty and dirty – Los Angeles.
However, not too high on the list is New York City, where he ranked 17th on the top 23 Yackist Hub roster in America.
But before the Gothamites parade through relatively clean streets to celebrate this type of acknowledgment, it appears that some of the boroughs need serious household chores.
“We found it to be 7,664 and it was the best postcode. The report comes from Brooklyn,” the analyst revealed.
“Best Places says Brooklyn has grown by 6.8% since 2020, so Brooklyn is home to over 2.5 million American citizens each year, bringing together a massive crowd of tourists each year,” the expert explained. “It’s not surprising that the turnover rates of people using the borough as a base are so high that it’s a pain to see it as a cost of hospitality.”
However, Roses will be featured at Queens’ new Hyde Park. Data shows that the nearby 11040 postcode is “the most beautiful” in Cosmopolis.
Elsewhere, it’s Sacramento, California, who secures the second place slot, according to a filthy find.
Read the report, “The capital “accommodates California’s largest river, and according to a recent report from the Environmental Integrity Project, its waters are some of the most polluted in the country.”
However, a representative from the city of Sacramento has issued a statement to HouseFresh, claiming that local officials will be encouraged to call 311 for customer service requests “including routine collection services such as launching new services and reporting on broken container lids.”
“This explains why Sacramento is ranked so highly on this list,” the researchers said.
The less-than-monitored ranking on NYC’s 2025 “dirty” list is a dishonorable one taken in the 2022 poll as an upgrade to its previous status as “the second most dirty city in the world.”
To alleviate the confusion, the sanitation department launched a new campaign last summer, urging New Yorkers to smell their dirtyest neighbors. The Dirty Criminals are infamously on display in the city’s virtual “Hall of Shame.”
“[It’s] It is the property owners who have put their businesses and homes at risk by allowing filthy conditions.”
“Some sidewalk slobs were way too long and too good,” she added. “But now their rubbish lovefest is over.”





