Top Ten Least Wasteful Cities in the U.S.

Good news, San Francisco. You can take longer showers. Why? According to this somewhat questionable survey by LeastWastefulCities.com, we are the lest wasteful people in the U.S., one of the most wasteful countries on the planet.

Here's the top ten list of the least wasteful/most smug cities in the U.S.

1 San Francisco, CA
2 New York City, NY
3 Portland, OR
4 Seattle, WA
5 Los Angeles, CA
6 Denver, CO
7 Minneapolis, MN
8 Washington, D.C.
9 Boston, MA
10 Philadelphia, PA

The study surveyed a total 3,750 people, polling people on on waste, sustainability efforts, shopping habits, transportation, and reusing. The results gave particular attention to "behaviors that had immediate and significant impact on the planet" (i.e., reduced driving, recycling or reducing trash) and small habits that "suggest a non-wasteful approach to life" (i.e., reusing containers, limiting shower time [do NOT do this] or reusing paper products).

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i can't even remember the last time i took at shower in my apartment. i take all my showers at the gym. it's almost like an incentive to go, because when i don't go to the gym, i don't take a shower.

Philly is in the top 10? Have they ever been to Philly? Reducing trash?? There's so much trash on the sidewalks and streets that it creates a ramp effect from the street to the sidewalk. Pure filth. At least the bums in SF leave behind organic matter that eventually washes away.

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"small habits" that don't do anything in reality, like using paper instead of plastic bags, right?

Are they considering the entire metropolitan areas? I don't see any of the obvious smaller cities on that list...

i live in ny and seriously cant believe we are number 2.. i just got back from sf and was so impressed by how clean and environmentally friendly things are out there... ny is a nasty hole. wow. where is this waste-less ny you speak of!

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seattle and portland behind sf? something is fishy here.

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