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Naples, Italy

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I've only been there once, and it was on my way to Sicily via ferry. I can definitely attest to that.

Here's a quote from the Assessor of the Environment in the Comune of Pozzuoli, a city located in the metro area of Naples.

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NAPOLI – L’assessore all’Ambiente del Comune di Pozzuoli, Franco Cammino, si è fatto promotore di una battaglia contro il Comune di Napoli. Il motivo, il mare inquinato. «Siamo stanchi di subire le inerzie del Comune di Napoli» dice Cammino, a seguito della comparsa di una macchia marrone, domenica mattina, nel tratto di costa fra Bagnoli e Pozzuoli noto come La Pietra.

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Dirty water in Pozzuoli

Translation:
Naples - The Comune of Pozzuoli's Environment Assessor, Franco Cammino, declared war against the Comune of Napoli. The motive, sea pollution. "We are tired of suffering from the shite from Naples," says Cammino, following the appearance of a brown blot, Sunday morning, on the stretch of coast between Bagnoli and Pozzuoli known as La Pietra.

The current SO is from Alaska, who later moved to a beautiful part of Oregon. on the 14th we are flying into new Orleans.

That's going to be a change for her lol

Tijuana

Venice, La.

New Orleans seems like a 3rd world country so I'll say there.

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Venice, Italy was pretty nasty/littered.

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Athens, Greece was disappointing. Trash everywhere.

Hands down Philadelphia

Catania, Sicily.

ETA: those listing US cities have never been to the Mediterranean. However, the nastiest US "city" I've ever seen is Holly Beach, LA.

In the US, it has to be New Orleans. I did not find NY to be all that filthy though like any big city it has undesirable parts. Haven't been to Detroit, Akron or Cleveland.

All that said, New Orleans is basically a sewer.

Internationally, I found that Seoul, while very interesting, was filthy. People in the US who complain about filth and pollution really have no idea just how clean we really are.