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1. As they say... those shouldn't be called as the dirtiest but the most polluted cities.

   Comment by Giover— April 25, 2008 #

2. What about Indian cities. I live in India, and I know that Indian cities are absoulutely dirty (I have to say this with utter regret and disgust, so please excuse me). There is garbage littered everywhere, cows and pigs roam around in the streets, littering cowdung. And people spit and urinate anywhere they want to. And the roads are in tatters, parks not maintained properly etc etc.
   Go to whatever city, the story is the same (be it Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, or any part of India).

   Comment by Vijay Srinivas— March 1, 2008 #

3. I think the list should say most polluted not dirtiest. Dirtiest City in the world id Manila Philippines, followed closely by Karachi Pakistan, and Calcutta India. Seoul Korea may not be the dirtiest but it is the smelliest.
   
   Manila and Karachi also smell like shit.
   
   Other than Singapore and Malaysia entire south and southeast Asia is one big stinking toilet.
   
   

   Comment by name— January 26, 2008 #

4. itolitler ben t??rk??m t??rk benim ??lkem gibi var m?± b?¶yle cennet t??kiye

   Comment by batuhan— January 2, 2008 #

5. Well, i've been around awhile and visited many countries, I would have to say the anal orfice of the world, would still have my vote and Karachi Pakistan is the winner.

   Comment by Dave— December 5, 2007 #

6. Karachi Pakistan is the most filthy city I have ever been to! Those people do not even know of the word sanitation! Guess fresh water is hard to come by. Thank God for imodium AD! If you ever go there bring it!

   Comment by KYDSO— September 23, 2007 #

7. Bangkok is dirty as well. I live there and the pollution is unreal. The buses blow blask smoke, people litter all the time, people dump trtash in parks and when yo go to 7-11 for a coke, they put it in a plastic bag, then give you a platic straw too. Eventually the platic coke bottle, plastic bag and straw all end up on the street...if I was a Thai I mean!!!!
   
   the place is a concrete jungle.....but I love it!!!

   Comment by Scott— September 23, 2007 #

8. I??m A filipino and i use to live in manila. and i have to say that manila is a very dirty city. I was there 2003 and it was very dirty but then i came back 2007 and wow how it changed cleaner than ever. But overall it??s also one of the most beautiful. country in the world.

   Comment by John— September 18, 2007 #

9. Well as for those who F@#$%^& us up in Manila. I live near there so I'm a liar if i will say that its clean & all, but lets define clean... Manila has smogs, no sewers...but we have laws, some obey them some dont.
   
   main thing here is just come & feel whats Manila try exploring it... Its a sticky place, but once you know the way tru it you wont go anywhere else.
   
   ..Manila has the Hottest hang-out in the world (rio de jeniro of asia)
   
   ..has the most technology comparing to other countries, even if the economy is not that good its like 98% of pinoys have mobile? (so no f^%$@$ can call us dumb-dumb)
   
   ..shop till you drop places
   
   ...so many bling-bling
   
   ...above all A LOT OF GORGEOUS LADIES!!!
   
   ...so just drop by & have a droolon my CITY!
   
   ...one last thing Manila is a trademark everybody knows it, & they have a different story to tell
   
   - svperbugoy I am proud to be PINOY (mess with the best...die like the rest!)

   Comment by svperbugoy— September 17, 2007 #

10. Please do not include some Brazilian cities on this list or compare them with India, China that has more than a billion people now. Go to Christ the Redeemer, Pao de A?§ucar, Ipanema and look at the beach. Despite all the problems that they have in Latin America, isn't the most beautiful city you have ever seen?
    
    Sao Paulo is another story, a crowded city but the biggest in S.America, look at Guaruja, Campos do Jord??o, Ilhabela, all the foreigners that are retiring, investing, buying houses there. The same happens in Cabo Frio, Buzios, Angra dos Reis, Barra da Tijuca in Rio.
    
    People in Brasil are the friendliest in the world, great food, lovely landscapes, many rivers, lush mountains, the Amazon forest, you should see Panama City where I had lived before, overbuilding as in Florida, chaotic traffic jams all over, the polluted Bay of Panama every morning with an awful smell...

    Comment by Formiga Feliz— September 7, 2007 #

11. i live in philippines,and i mean it,some filipinos are not that discipline unlike in singapore,,yes our officials are corrupt,,but i dont think that our country philippines or our city manila,,,was the dirtiest in the whole world,,i think your comment(pocahonta) is so unfair i think you live in philippines,,am i right?,,okay lets say that philippines is so dirty,,then how come,,people from all over the world enjoy,,going here in ph.,,huh?,,,,,and yes our country is archipelago,,,so there are things that are on one city that cant be found on other,,like,,in visayas,,for me that was the most peaceful place in the world,,and a lot of fresh air could be breath there,,,so now,besides,if i will be to choose what is the dirtiest country in the whole world i would say it is china,,have you heard about the white rabbit candies? they have formaline and was been pull out in our market,as well as the toys that came from china,that was said to have a lot of lead,,is'nt it is so frigthening to live in that country,,if i will be to choose of the country that i would love to be,,it will be,,,australia or new zealand,,,but most likely greece,,,,
    ------------just an ordinary filipino------------

    Comment by aaron— August 29, 2007 #

12. What about Gary,Indiana???!!

    Comment by mofuc— August 13, 2007 #

13. In my view of point, kathmandu is the dirtiest city in the world. As i'm being Nepalese, government of Nepal doesn't not care about the increasing pollution here. this city can be clean if related private agencies and governmet sectors too. I hope it'll clean in near future.

    Comment by Dipendra Rumdali— August 1, 2007 #

14. well philippines is indeed the most gifted country in the world.
    we are blessed with different splendid beaches, magnificent beauty spots and dazzling natural resources.
    we are not the dirtiest country in the world..
    we are living in a very fresh and clean place....
    
    
    

    Comment by hendricks— July 23, 2007 #

15. I think Manila is the dirtiest city in the world and probably will be at the top of my list for the next 100 years. Here's SOME facts I noticed while I was there:
    1. The locals boast they're educated but majority throw their trash in broad daylight wherever.
    2. I do not see proper zoning in that city; shanties, business offices and residential areas are intermixed.
    3. Rarely anyone observes traffic rules; lanes are useless. Traffic policemen are corrupt, the whole city if not the whle country is corrupt.
    4. Many locals claim their country is the only Christian country in South East Asia --- how ironic since the country is over-the-top notorious for kidnappings, rape, murder, bank robbery -- low respect for life in general.
    5. There's no smog check for vehicles.
    6. NO SEWER SYSTEM in the whole country!!
    

    Comment by pocahonta— July 14, 2007 #

16. I thank God for making our country saved from being so dirty as what those cities are having nowadays...
    
    Rock On! Philippines!
    
    Hi Jaysean... You've just posted a comment here huh... heheh... :b

    Comment by Oliva, Leilanie B.— July 14, 2007 #

17. thxk God philippines is not in the list of the dirtiest cities....
    it means that philippine is still clean as well as the other.
    im happy to know that we still have a clean living here at philippines... =)

    Comment by jaysean bernal— July 14, 2007 #

18. oh oh, maybe you should be careful to not confuse "socialism" and "communism"... there's a big, big difference... Anyways, what I'd like to know more, is how have these cities been ranked? What is the criteria?
    Also no US cities are listed, neither European cities, but maybe it is because we have come pass the "industrial age" where the only thing that matters is industrial development. Now we are entering the "ecological age" where we think maybe we should be a little bit careful about our planet and our health... The difficult part now is to convince the other countries to do both at the same time, i.e., industrialize in a clean way, and of course to help them to that!

    Comment by Nadege— June 13, 2007 #

19. It's all George Bush's fault

    Comment by Steved— May 29, 2007 #

20. Ummm you forgot Gary Indiana

    Comment by sinsignificant— May 28, 2007 #

21. thanks for your attention

    Comment by agripino— May 23, 2007 #

22. the city in Ukraine isn't called Chernobyl (that's the name of the nuclear plant). It's called Pripyat.

    Comment by Mike— May 23, 2007 #

23. And the Doe Run Co. - based in USA - owns the La Oroya smelting plant. So the claim USA has: exporting its waste and profiting while others suffer.

    Comment by karin— May 21, 2007 #

24. hmmmmmmm...russia seems to be the major culprit here..anyways.....dont forget " Los Angeles" the Smog capital of California,USA......the most poluted city in the west coast.....try to drive in the freeway & all you see is the smog right into your face..
    

    Comment by pocahonta— May 18, 2007 #

25. Where are cities in South America ? S??o Paulo is very dirty and polluted !!!

    Comment by Pat— May 18, 2007 #

26. LMC from de toppp!!!
    u think that LMC mexico should take the ten placee its just so disgusting

    Comment by dave corby— May 17, 2007 #

27. i still think topeka kansas should be top of the list

    Comment by c.— May 16, 2007 #

28. Mogedeshu is the nastiest city I have ever been in. They don't have the raw materials to have the kinds of chemical pollutants used as the criteria in other cities, but make up for it in pure filth.

    Comment by Russ— May 16, 2007 #

29. What about Gary, IN???

    Comment by Moco Jumbie— May 16, 2007 #

30. What about Gary, IN???

    Comment by Moco Jumbie— May 16, 2007 #

31. When Ranipet is being listed the analysts forgot to look into Ahmedabads

    Comment by Nachiappa— May 16, 2007 #

32. is that tannery waste alone contribute to Ranipets pollution?? - Analysts have to rethink on this, Pollution is in one hand Danger is on the other hand when ever you talk about protection

    Comment by Nachiappa— May 16, 2007 #

33. Johannesburg has a dirty little secret too. For years, CYANIDE has been added to the crushed gold ore in order to seperate the gold from the rest of the ore. There are huge mountains of cyanide contaminated soil called "mine dumps", where nothing will grow. There are people living in makeshift houses around many of these, unaware of the danger. The wind blows this contaninated dust all over the place, and no one sems to care. Surely the large gold mining corperations who profited from the creation of this problem, should be forced to fix their mess. I am from one of the goldmining towns, called Germiston, and have always thought that that the true price of gold is far too high.

    Comment by andrew brooks— May 16, 2007 #

34. Where are brazilian cities? San Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Recife??? Unfortunately are so dirty like all the cities shown here... :-(

    Comment by Fernando— May 16, 2007 #

35. You should see Reggio Calabria. Everyone has Gucci or Versace shades, golden clothes, expensive cars...but everyone are dirty and stinky. Walking throgh the dogshit on Lungomare is not much of a experience.

    Comment by Smell Reggio Calabria— May 16, 2007 #

36. Yeah, Gary, IN is filthy. I wouldn't even shit on the road in that town.

    Comment by Regalgsx— May 16, 2007 #

37. "...and there is a 19-mile exclusion zone where no one lives. It is hard to get dirtier that that."
    1. there are lots of people living there
    2. actually it's clean because nothing was done in that area for more than 15 years.
    3. check all facts before posting blog spam you retarded dick sucker

    Comment by rick james— May 16, 2007 #

38. The list is too small and negligible.There are a lot of more and horribly dirty cities posing health hazards.

    Comment by durgaprasad sahoo— May 16, 2007 #

39. What about Gary, IN???

    Comment by Bill— May 16, 2007 #

40. and i thought missing 1 daily shower was bad

    Comment by matty— May 15, 2007 #

41. What about Grozny, Chechnya? or perhaps rottening bodies does not count as dirt..

    Comment by Bill— May 15, 2007 #

42. mike,
    
    Their private property rights are a joke if that kind of stuff is allowed to happen.

    Comment by Simon— May 15, 2007 #

43. I agree with the Comment made by mohsin. Usually it is the wealthier countries that are responsible for some of these disasters in the persuit of ever greater wealth. Take a look at what happened La Oroya Peru, the plant that operated there was owned and operated by the Missouri-based Doe Run Corporation.

    Comment by Vix— May 15, 2007 #

44. The above list is rather brief. In fact there are very many cities in the third world which can match the above-quoted criteria. The G7 are, however, producing environmental disasters due to the unhindered pursuit of wealth/ development. Ultimately we are all, generally, asking for trouble for our planet. Since it is 'easy to rob the poor', as per the heroine of Gone with the wind, Africa is projected to suffer most initially. However, unless environmental dangers are addressed at a global level guided by the concept of the Rule of Law, all countries may suffer in due course. This is 'the inconvenient Truth' and then most cities will become dirtier.

    Comment by mohsin— May 15, 2007 #

45. surprised los angeles isn't on the list, usually its always near the top.

    Comment by John— May 15, 2007 #

46. jobu, "love" is clearly a typo - I'm sure the writer meant to say "live."
    
    Speaking of, how about some editing here? This is poorly written.

    Comment by anti-jobu— May 15, 2007 #

47. Thank??s good Mexico City doesn??t appear...
    i though we are at the top on the list....
    
    hey guys came to Mexico came to drink Margaritas!!!jejejje...
    
    
    
    

    Comment by ces— May 15, 2007 #

48. Kill all niggers.

    Comment by Joan— May 15, 2007 #

49. Jeremy,
    
    
    Listen to JR. Also there is one thing I wanted to point out...Canada is far from a socialist country. I have lived here all my life and its far from being labeled socialist.
    
    PS. Wiki isn't a very good site for accurate information.
    

    Comment by Sabre Dane.— May 15, 2007 #

50. Jeremy, you too seem to be mixed up about what is and what is not socialism. Europe is not, and has never been, socialist. That is, unless we are to reduce our understanding of socialism to the mere negation of private enterprise. And even this understanding doesn't hold up. There has never been a nation whereby decision-making was bottom-up, through councils, etc. The "socialism" that has existed in western Europe was, at best, social democracy--a top-down structure in which certain industries were nationalized and civil liberties protected, but those industries were never the collective property of "the people."
    
    That certain countries have nationalized healthcare and educations does not, again, make them socialist. If this were the case, then the US would too be socialist for it has enjoyed a public school system (K-12) and medicare.
    
    At the very least, we must be sure of what we mean by socialism.

    Comment by JR— May 15, 2007 #

51. "Dzerzinsk, Russia Dzerzinsk...It is clearly not a good place to love or die."
    
    Who are you to say where a good place to love is?

    Comment by Jobu— May 15, 2007 #

52. Honestly, New York belongs in this list. It may not be all toxic, but smells and visible filth and bad attitudes of its populous are unlike any city I've seen in the world... I've been all over the U.S. plus Korea, Japan, Mexico and Canada. Nothing I've seen comes remotely close to New York, as per filth. It's like another country...Dirtier than third world countries.

    Comment by Matthew C. Tedder— May 15, 2007 #

53. Mike, you think that China has better property rights than the US? Hahahaha

    Comment by Mike— May 15, 2007 #

54. You are mixing up dirtiest with polluted.

    Comment by Hasan— May 15, 2007 #

55. @ Alex and Dave Babbit:
    
    You guys need to study some history or at least read the Wiki for a second or two. Socialism has nothing to do with any of this, and socialist countries tend to be less poluting than Fascist or totalitarian countries are.
    
    Most of Europe is Socialist and so is Canada if you look at it from the right-wing American point of view and both of them have a better record than the US.
    
    You guys are mixing up the fact that the old USSR had "socialist" in the title, and what a real socialist country is. They are not the same thing. The Nazis called themselves "socialist" also, even though they were not and even though their most hated enemies were the communists.
    
    The issue here is lack of accountability for Industry, period. In totalitarian regimes, fascist states, and *also* in right-wing free-market countries, there is no accountability and that is the problem. In Socialist countries, there is *some* accountability and that's why they are the only clean-ish places around.
    
    

    Comment by Jeremy— May 15, 2007 #

56. Socialism, as a social system whereby production and decision-making are carried out democratically through participatory instutions (as understood by millions of radicals, including of course Marx and Engels, and the early Russian revolutionaries, and the members of the socialist and anarchist militias during the Spanish Civil War, and the Hungarian workers and students in 1956, and as understood in France in 1968, and Poland in 1981, etc) is not to be blamed for such destruction. Totalitarian Communism, i.e., Stalinism, is to be blamed. The key component for such misery is not simply the absence of private ownership of social production, but, rather, the anti-democratic and top-down system of control which has accompanied the Communist regimes that have uncritically passed for, and buried, the once very liberating tenets of socialist.

    Comment by JR— May 15, 2007 #

57. Now don't you feel better living in a country like the U.S. that never pollutes at all?

    Comment by Jim— May 15, 2007 #

58. Brad, socialism inevitably leads to totalitarianism. When government power is concentrated to that extent, do you really doubt it will eventually be abused?

    Comment by Alex— May 15, 2007 #

59. Socialism wasn't the problem, but totalitarianism. Any system that crushes all dissent will have these types of problems. The reason we know about the problems in these areas now is that the systems in these countries are evolving and the veil of secrecy has been lifted

    Comment by Brad— May 15, 2007 #

60. Dave Babbitt,
    
    India is the world's largest democracy.
    
    Russia and China now have market economies and have plenty of private property rights - moreso than the US, in fact, which exercises eminent domain.
    
    They're considered "developing", not "socialist". Much of Europe is socialist.

    Comment by mike— May 15, 2007 #

61. Most of these sites are from big-time "socialist utopias" where private property rights are non-existent. The rest are from small-time socialist countries which don't have a good free market system, nor a good court system, for that matter, where you can sue others for violating your property.

    Comment by Dave Babbitt— May 15, 2007 #

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