The 5 Most Toxic Cities-Congrats Philly #1 (state, better, largest, places)

[perry335654]

America's Most Toxic Cities, 2011 - Yahoo! Real Estate

[killakoolaide]

Everybodyy knows that Philly has something in the water.

[annie_himself]

Baton Rouge is right under New York? Non-sense!

[Marius Pontmercy]

Alllright!

I knew we could be #1 at something!

p.s. who pays attention to Forbes' lists anyway? they produce some inane list like every other day.

[testa50]

Atlanta went from number one to being completely off the list.

Which brings up three distinct possibilities:

1) Atlanta's 'toxicity' magically improved over the last year
2) The five cities on the list all deteriorated rapidly over the past year
3) The list is complete garbage


I know which way I'm leaning.

[alphamale]

We don't trust any air we can't see or water we can't taste!

[Champ le monstre du lac]

I would take this list more seriously if it wasn't just another Forbes.com list. That said I've driven along the Deleware river up 495 through Wilmington, DE and seen the Philly/Jersey waterfront and the amount of chemical production does not go unnoticed.

[Gantz]

Originally Posted by annie_himself

Baton Rouge is right under New York? Non-sense!

Why not? NY probably only made the list because they count MSAs, and there is lots of chem/petroleum stuff going down in New Jersey + there is always Staten Island.

[pbergen]

Originally Posted by Gantz

NY probably only made the list because they count MSAs, and there is lots of chem/petroleum stuff going down in New Jersey + there is always Staten Island.

don't blame nj and staten island as the "only" (or primary) reason for the nyc metro making this list, as if the rest of the city and region are pristine. without a doubt, jersey and staten island have historically been two of the more infamous contributors to the region's environmental problems, but the other boroughs and suburban areas have plenty of culpability, too. you're kidding yourself if you think otherwise - there are serious water quality issues in places like newtown creek and the gowanus canal (which quite literally has gonorrhea), while numerous places in the boroughs such as the south bronx and upper manhattan have serious air quality problems due to garbage/waste transfer stations, power generator plants, sewage treatment plants, and bus depots that aggravate the locals' breathing/asthma problems. nyc's beaches aren't always the cleanest, either (though they generally get much better in the distant suburbs and exurbs).

besides, i wouldn't worry about nyc being on this list. it's the largest city and region in the nation, and it also has a long and notable industrial history, so it's inevitable that there are going to be some environmental issues. personally, i'm just happy that the city is much more proactive nowadays about curbing environmental abuses and redeveloping old brownfield sites.

[Wonderful Jellal]

Wow