Listen, we adore New York. We've pledged our undying love to it. But even we can admit sometimes the old girl gets nasty — we're talking mysterious fluids on subway seats, environmental pollution and traffic smog affecting our air quality , rodents that are far too comfortable stealing our pizza , etc. But despite those gritty, grody qualities that make New York, well, New York, it's actually the dirtiest city in the U.S., at least according to a new study from LawnStarter. In fact, the not-so-rotten Big Apple didn't even clear the top 10 — so which filthy bastard did?

To find out, LawnStarter examined 20 metrics to rank 2025’s Dirtiest Cities in America, grouping those criteria into four categories: Pollution, Inadequate Living Conditions, Inadequate Waste Infrastructure and

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