Pittsburgh is Clean?
Who knew?
Man, do I love lists. Forbes has come out with an interesting new list: The 25 Cleanest Cities in the World. Pittsburgh came in at number 10 (tied with Bern, Montreal, Vancouver, Boston, Lexington, Geneva and Nürnberg).
My brother Wayne lives in Ottawa, Ontario, and it came in at number 4. Top honors went to Calgary, Alberta.
Anyway, here's a break-down, if you're not inclined to read the article:
The only Asian cities represented are in Japan. There are no top-25
clean cities in South or Central America, Africa and Australia. The
U.S. has five of the top 25; Canada, a strong five, with the top spot
its city of Calgary; Europe has 11 of the top 25; and Japan has three. The 25 cleanest cities are located in 13 countries.
This line from the article made me laugh: "In the world, as a rule of thumb, the North is clean and the South is dirty."
I'm going to start calling Niagara Falls, NY The South of the North.