Florida may be among the best states in the nation, but that doesn’t mean everywhere in the state is rainbows and sunshine.
LawnStarter recently released its list of the “dirtiest” cities in the U.S., focusing on 150 of the country’s largest urban sprawls.
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The list examines factors like pollution, living conditions, infrastructure and customer satisfaction to determine which cities deserved the (unwanted) top spots.
While no Florida city made the top of the ranking — that honor went to Houston; Newark, New Jersey; and San Bernardino, respectively — there are still several on the list worth mentioning.
The highest-ranked Florida city is Hollywood in Broward County.
While it didn’t perform too poorly in terms of infrastructure and customer satisfaction, its living conditions placed among the worst on the list.
The dirtiest Florida cities on the list were as follows:
| Rank | City | Pollution Rank | Living Conditions Rank | Infrastructure Rank | Consumer Satisfaction Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Hollywood | 23 | 9 | 51 | 97 |
| 20 | Fort Lauderdale | 29 | 10 | 42 | 114 |
| 24 | Orlando | 20 | 51 | 10 | 95 |
| 38 | Tampa | 42 | 19 | 63 | 98 |
| 41 | Miami | 115 | 7 | 30 | 57 |
| 61 | St. Petersburg | 95 | 15 | 16 | 122 |
| 75 | Port St. Lucie | 36 | 112 | 43 | 144 |
| 93 | Jacksonville | 105 | 77 | 36 | 55 |
| 130 | Tallahassee | 120 | 132 | 35 | 133 |
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