New York City’s iconic status as a global hub for culture, commerce and opportunity has also long come with an unmistakable “gritty” image.
The New York-Newark-Jersey City metropolitan area was recently ranked as the “dirtiest” among the nation’s 35 largest metro regions, and one New York City resident told Newsweek that the city’s issues with sanitation, accountability, and infrastructure are getting worse.
The recent study, conducted by Oxi Fresh, a carpet cleaning company, graded each metro area based on several key indicators of cleanliness, including air and water quality, rodent and cockroach infestation, litter and vandalism, and population density…