Do you live in Florida’s ‘dirtiest’ city? Here’s where to find it

In its latest study, LawnStarter has revealed the “dirtiest” city in the Sunshine State.

The study looks at cities from across the country, ranking them based on four metrics: air pollution, water quality, waste management and resident dissatisfaction.

Those four factors break down as follows:

• Pollution: Includes air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, excess fuel consumption, percentage of smokers, and share of residents exposed to near-roadway pollution
• Living Conditions: Includes population density, share of overcrowded homes, and homes with complete kitchen/plumbing facilities
• Infrastructure: Includes landfill volume, state waste regulations, number of recycling collectors, number of junkyards, access to public bathrooms, and alternative fuel stations.
• Resident Satisfaction: Includes share of residents who find the city dirty, residents dissatisfied with pollution, residents dissatisfied with garbage disposal, and residents dissatisfied with greenery/parks

Nationwide, the “dirtiest” city turned out to be San Bernardino in California, which ranked as the highest in the study when it came to resident dissatisfaction in general.

In fact, several inland California cities tied with San Bernardino when it came to having the worst median air quality.

“The shipping industry is exploding in this region, with a freight corridor boasting over 4,000 warehouses and nearly 600,000 diesel-fueled trucks driving through the Inland Empire on a daily basis,” the study reads.

On the flip side, cities in places like Iowa and Virginia scored among the least dirty cities in the ranking, mainly due to less noxious air, lower fuel consumption, and higher resident satisfaction, the study asserts.

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But what about Florida?

Researchers pinned Miami as the Sunshine State’s dirtiest city, suffering relatively poor scores when it came to living conditions and pollution.

Other high-ranking cities included on the list were Coral Springs (No. 22), Hollywood (No. 34) and West Palm Beach (No. 43).

However, Florida also sported a variety of cities on the opposite end of the spectrum, including Fort Myers, Tallahassee and Gainesville.

The full list of Florida cities included in the ranking is as follows: