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What's the cleanest big city in

the U.S.? How about the dirtiest? In our July issue, we

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decided to find out, by

America's Top 5 Cleanest Cities

analyzing data to score each of the 50 largest cities on air quality, water quality,

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industrial pollution (toxics), Superfund sites, and sanitation. Rather than

just the cities themselves, we looked at metropolitan areas, which include

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surrounding counties and suburbs. (This can have a real effect on a

through Portland, strollers now enjoy a waterfront park

place's score; Chicago, for example, has excellent water but its score is brought down by problems in the outlying areas). Because we only looked

at the 50 largest places, there may be smaller cities that are much cleaner or dirtier than these--and

because the scores represent relative rankings, that a city comes in first or last in a given category does

not necessarily mean it's perfectly pristine or dangerously filthy.

Here, then, is our list of the 50 largest metro areas in America and how they compare. Higher total numbers mean a cleaner city.

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San Francisco

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Denver

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Seattle

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Baltimore

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Miami

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Dallas

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Tampa

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Memphis

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Providence

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Louisville

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Washington (DC)

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Phoenix

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Detroit

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Richmond

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Cleveland

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Atlanta

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Houston

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Los Angeles

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Boston

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Philadelphia

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Kansas City

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Birmingham

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St. Louis

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Pittsburgh

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New York

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Chicago

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