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- Nerfdude, on 10/11/2007, -4/+74am i the only one who wasn't at all surprised by any of the cities listed?
- astatine, on 10/11/2007, -5/+53Just outside Chicago. Why?
- cogitocogito, on 10/11/2007, -2/+44Which of the cities listed am I supposed to be surprised about?
- GMorgan, on 10/11/2007, -8/+45Cause none of them are in caring Socialist countries are they. I find it interesting that Capitalist countries seem to protect their people better.
- Error601, on 10/11/2007, -2/+29You have to be pretty damn sheltered to think anything in the US is that bad off. You should see some of the ***** holes around the world. It's from lack of economy and not too much.
- Error601, on 10/11/2007, -4/+29Clean is expensive and Capitalist countries tend to have an economy to support it.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -13/+35That's because you've been conditioned to think that the United States along with corporate America is the ultimate evil.
- MioTheGreat, on 10/11/2007, -7/+28"Mailuu-Suu, Kyrgyzstan"
That one. I for one have never heard of Kyrgyzstan. I was very suprised to hear of its existance. - mammeld, on 10/11/2007, -3/+20"You will be surprised at some of the cities listed"
...anyone else not really surprised? I thought the surprise would be maybe a city we have been to or that is at least in America... - resplence, on 10/11/2007, -2/+17The only real surprise is not seeing Ciudad de Mexico listed. When I was in school it was taught to be the world's most polluted city.
- HarryHunt, on 10/11/2007, -2/+16Well, I wasn't expecting radioactive and toxic waste when I read "world's dirtiest cities". I was thinking more in terms of household trash, dead rats and sewage. Seems like there's more than one meaning to the word "dirty". Of course "world's dirtiest cities" could also mean "dirty" in the Christina Aguilera kind of sense.
Either way, the worlds dirtiest, non-radioactive, non-toxic city is...London. - asauterChicago, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10Dear people with Gary, IN Pride. I apologize for offending you.
Besides the flurry of bullets from street gangs, sulfur rain from US Steel, a large mass of dangerous abandoned houses, crack houses, a large sewage treatment plant which permeates the city with a unique smell (the "Gary smell" that welcomes all visitors coming to Chicago via the Skyway), mounds of trash on the streets, the paper factories and the giant land fill next door... it's actually a pretty nice place...
I'm sorry. - SpaceMonkeyZero, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Just because the trash collector unions are lazy doesn't make NYC dirty.
- WhiteRaven, on 10/11/2007, -2/+9I can't figure that out either.
- thcobbs, on 10/11/2007, -4/+11DAMN! I never even THOUGHT of that!
And that's a great plan you have there to solve it!
Sign me up...
and just in case... {/sarcasm} - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+9"Chihuahua's and poodles don't ***** enough for it to really be a problem."
I hear the "gerbil poop" problem is pretty bad out there, though.
/ducks - 69sofine, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7Have you ever left the US?
- davidadam, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7Why would I be surprised that ***** cities in ***** countries would have ***** environments?
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+9Indeed they WERE. You're approaching 20 years too late to be considering them Socialist now.
- TheUngod, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Chihuahua's and poodles don't ***** enough for it to really be a problem.
- therealrico, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Well considering most of the pollution is a result of when they were all a part of the USSR, I would say that is an important fact. All of that pollution occured during the cold war.
Dzerzinsk, Russia- Chemical wearpons, cold war
Chernobyl- 80's
Mailuu-Suu, Kyrgyzstan- Used as the center of the uranium processing, used for bombs for the Cold War
Norlisk, Russia- former slave labor camp, built probably during Stalin's regime
Rudnaya Pristan, Russia, it doesn't say it but I am willing to bet those smelting plants were constructed during the communist government, and not after the wall came down.
So I stand by what i said earlier - SpaceMonkeyZero, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5icehash: turn off your computer, and sell your ipod... they're made with PLASTICS!
- GMorgan, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5@neiltc13
British actually and Chernobyl happened when Ukraine was still socialist. These cities are the reason many of these countries are ex-socialist. My father lived in Zambia for 3 years in the 70s as an ex-pat and the one thing that killed that nation was the nationalisation of the industries, specifically copper. The kwacha was valued close to the pound for the early years of independence. After the socialist revolution you could get thousands of kwacha to the pound. Now they've returned towards sensible free market economics but the damage to trust in property rights there will take decades to restore. I only hope they hold their nerve and stick it out rather than reverting to a socialist mess.
It's very easy for this sort of nation to get sucked into socialism and then struggle when trying to leave it because no one will invest there again any time soon. - dyslexicsUNTIED, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4i wasnt very surprised...if i dont know half of them exist how am i supposed to be surprised?
- asauterChicago, on 10/11/2007, -5/+8@neiltc13
Tell me where South Dakota is on a map without looking. How about Nebraska or Wyoming? Americans do because we live in North America. You know where Kyrgyzstan is because you live in Europe. So, STFU. - asauterChicago, on 10/11/2007, -4/+7@neiltc13
What the ***** is your problem with the US? We're not all fans of GWB, btw. Either way, if you're not careful and piss us off, WE WILL have no choice but to bring democracy to your country. All I'm saying is, we may have to liberate your people. - DrAtheist, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4You are supposed to be surprised that Middlesborough isn't on the list...
- altidude, on 10/11/2007, -3/+6You're supposed to be surprised that no American cities are on the list seeing how America is the vast Evil Empire and destroyer of all that is good in the world.
- FrostyITRadio, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Wherever tubgirl was from, that is the dirtiest city.
- therealrico, on 10/11/2007, -4/+7Umm only China is a socialist country?
Ukraine, was a socialist country as part of the USSR, along with Dzerzinsk, Russia, Mailuu-Suu, Kyrgyzstan, Rudnaya Pristan, Russia.
And Peru and Zambia both have had or still have corrupt governments, that really aren't concerned with pollution or their peoples well being.
As far as India and Dominican Republic, I don't know that much about their governments to make a comment. - CraigJ, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2everybody gets the squirts now and then...
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2"You will be surprised by some of the cities listed..."
Why is that?
Are we surprised because we thought the list would be ***** and it's actually pretty accurate? - yuvrajparihar, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3gee that's a mighty big toilet... i wonder if your big mouth or your fat lard arse will fit around it?
I can be fairly certain you have never actually visited either cities, i have.. and even though Bombay is somewhat dirty as far as trash dumping goes, it's by no means even close to terrible.. and Delhi, i'm sorry to inform you, is actually really rather pretty.. so please don't make uninformed and ridiculous all encompassing statements in a public forum, especially for the sake of people who haven't had the opportunity to visit said places.. your ridiculous statements are irritating at best and worthy of a verbal assault on your *lack of* intelligence at worst. - uberchaoslord, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2uh the majority of those listed are mining/nuclear waste sites, not petroleum. RTFA? I see why your comment got dugg down.
- eezzzz, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I believe the city was named "Pripyat", not "Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant"... though, that's there, too!
- silverchrysalis, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2nah, a fresh coat of paint and they'll be fine!
- xkidace, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3since when is Russia 3rd world?
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Wow, and I thought Baltimore was dirty. It doesn't eve compete with these cities.
http://www.dpodgor.net - Sapulator, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1yea yo watabout Jersey, dey got madddd factories n garpache
- subversive1, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I agree( I live in Baltimore)Are you counting the bullet riddled corpses too?I could go on and on but it would be too easy.
- bobbrose, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Map of dirtiest cities:
http://maptrot.com/mapView.jsp?mapId=523e8540-2c10-473c-af11-af00c23dd802 - CatalystDM, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2*insert off-color fudge-packing joke here*
- FelixdaaHack, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1"have I got a travel package for you!"
- manbear, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1wow the former USSR holds 5 of those. Great job guys...[sarcasm]
- Ninnux, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Texas City, Texas....where a fair amount of your gasoline may come from, has the second highest rate of brain cancer in the world.....right after Trenton.
Atmospheric physicists tried to catagorized the particulates floating in the air above Texas City several years ago. The project had to be abandoned because they were not ready for the enormous influx of new molecules never before seen nor studied. In summary, they simply were overwhelmed with unexpected results. - dyckdownunder, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Actually, I'm totally surprised Ranipet was on there...and all the postcards show is the white beaches and monkeys that serve you Mai Tais...I knew the travel agency was lying to me
- bilgates, on 10/11/2007, -4/+5***** YOU DOG MAN! I disagree, Delhi is really clean you should really go visit India.
- steamer25, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2This list is missing Paris, France and Faribault, Minnesota.
- grumpyrain, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I must say I was a little surprised at the number of these places with high levels of lead poisoning. I would have thought the range of pollutants would have been much higher.
- MattGrover, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1"You will be surprised at some of the cities listed."
Or not. -
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