San Francisco. Never been in a city where I saw so much human excrement as that. I saw a PP mention Naples. I lived there for 2 years. It had its trash piles, but not really that bad. San Francisco grossed me out.

Annandale

Anonymous wrote:India.

Unfortunately.

And I am an Indian, who loves most things about India.

But the pollution, terrible infrastructure, corruption and trash is another level.

India is a country. Name the city that was dirtiest there.

The number of people in this thread who cannot read. Smh.

Anonymous wrote:India.

Paris

Rome

Lisbon

Hospital-grade sterile compared to India.

India is a country. You need to go back to school.

I have traveled to more than 60 countries. But India is special when it comes to filthy. I honestly don't get why Indians tolerate it. Guessing it's the caste system. But there is lots of filth and sadness in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and pretty much every city, including down south in Kerala, Goa, Tamil Nadu.

India is a different tier of misery. No country is competing with India in the sadness and filth department.

NYC in the 1970s! I don't think even the mid-1990s summer trash strike was that bad (although maybe stinkier). Probably the air pollution before the newer emissions standards for cars/trucks made it a lot worse, plus the whole city just felt a little resigned to not having nice things. Even if you watch old sesame street episodes, it's a little dreary.

A lot of the small, poo towns in the Caribbean look sort of grimy without being actually super dirty, because the humidity just wears away the paint and stuff just looks worn-down, and people don't necessarily have the money to fix stuff that breaks. But that's different from dirty, I think.

I grew up in Paris. When I was little, Paris was gross. The air was really polluted. The infamous caniveaux had dirty water with trash sliding past you while you waited for the light to cross, and when it rained, the water pooled at crosswalks such that you had to step in it and couldn't avoid it. You could never go into cafe bathrooms, they were so disgusting.

Consecutive generations of left-leaning mayors have created bus lanes, booted cars out of some parts of the city and significantly reduced pollution levels, and I feel the difference in the air. Paris has realized the necessity of tourists and has cleaned up its bathrooms, streets and hotels. It may not look particularly clean compared to other capital cities, but it's SUCH AN IMPROVEMENT compared to what it used to be!

Delhi
Mumbai
Karachi
Cairo

All of the above were disgusting, with garbage strewn everywhere and terrible pollution. Truly filthy in a way you cannot understand if you haven't seen/smelled these terrible cities. Truly hell on earth, all of them.

Baltimore

India - but I haven't been to China or Southeast Asia.

In Europe - Naples was probably the grossest, but that might have been because Paris wasn't going thru some sort of strike at the time.

But in the US? San Francisco or NYC. There is just something grungy about SF, even 20 years ago. I think the lack of rain or sunshine just keeps everything grimy.

Post 80s and Pre-COVID, DC has always seemed like the cleanest big(ish) city in the US, however.

Monrovia, Liberia.

India.

Paris

Rome

Lisbon

Hospital-grade sterile compared to India.

Anonymous wrote:New Orleans most especially after Mardi Gras. The stench makes me so sick.

They clean it every day very early in the AMs. You must stay up very late.

New Orleans most especially after Mardi Gras. The stench makes me so sick.

NYC. Its gotten so bad in recent years.