woohoo! we're number 1!

you'll find southern gentility

I'm able to find plenty of that thank you very...oh gentility. I guess I've been to the wrong parts of Atlanta.

Hail Atlanta!


/Somewhere, under the ocean....

Regulations to limit toxins are anti-business. That's why Atlanta has such a booming economy. Oh, wait . . .

i blame the mexicans....and gays

wow look at all the superfund sites

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Im glad were finally getting recognized. GO ATL WE'RE NUMBER 1

Scorned.

Go Ohio! Three cities in the top 25! I'd bet we'd get a Toledo in there too if they didn't limit it by population.

bglove25: Hail Atlanta!


/Somewhere, under the ocean....

All those toxins are from the coca-cola plant, and yes, I fully expect to become a merman soon.

bglove25: Hail Atlanta!


/Somewhere, under the ocean....

I say we drown the place and force the inhabitants to become mermaids.

/nothing is obscure on Fark

So that smell isn't peaches?

That explains Jimmy Carter.

Worse than Texas City? You guys have really been working hard. Congrats!

"I'll fix it"
/Hot like Atlanta in late 1864

What do you think makes Atlanta women the HOTTEST in the country?

/Not all mutations are a bad thing.

I'll fix it.

/Hot like Toxic Love

"Attention, people of Atlanta..."

/hot like southern babes

Hey check out that old ass picture of the Westin, when it used to have windows!

Not to say that LA, California isn't polluted but I, with mild asthma, found it harder to breathe in Atlanta, New York and Detroit than in LA. The thing about LA is that it's naturally foggy, that makes the crap in the air more visible. Again, LA's hardly a clean air environ but I can see how Atlanta is worse. And Christ, downtown is a hellhole.

At least we know what makes our homeless so crazy... and so numerous.

habitualbastard: i blame the mexicans....and gays

Someone had to say it...Thank You.

3 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Alright, I agree Naperville is a part of the Chicago area. Joliet is kind of a stretch. Indiana is as it is right next to the city (and I assume that is why Chicago ranked so high). Wisconsin? No, Wisconsin, you are not a suburb. You are the place we go to in order to get away from the city, spend our money, and get ridiculed for having the nerve to boost local Wisconsin economies. Oh, and I am pretty sure Illinois funds every Wisconsin law enforcement agency by handing us speeding tickets left and right.

I blame CocaCola and all its toxins

This explains why I (with mild asthma and a stupid damn smoker) couldn't breath EVEN worse when I lived there for 10 years, and ended up getting pneumonia EVERY YEAR. My last year there I almost died from it...........one month in the hospital.
Moved to the beach.
Nothing. No inhaler, no breathing treatments, nothing.

MERLIN. "I Neither storme, nor rage; 'tis earth; blame her"

- 'The Speeches at Prince Henries Barriers' by Ben Jonson (1610)

We're number 2!
We're number 2!

wait, number 2!?
what crap is this?

Are they calling Detroit a toxic shiathole?

again?

/poop

DNRTFA, but I live here in Atlanta. Most of us don't actually live in the city, the suburbs have been growing insanely fast, guess this explains why

/ Stayed for GA Tech
// Graduated and getting out ASAP

entitygm: DNRTFA, but I live here in Atlanta. Most of us don't actually live in the city, the suburbs have been growing insanely fast, guess this explains why

/ Stayed for GA Tech
// Graduated and getting out ASAP

Exactly. When I lived in Atlanta the last place anyone wanted to go was to the center (Five Points) area. What a dump.

I'm hacking up a lung oyster, So I am really getting a kick out of most of these replies.

Wow, I guess Atlanta really is more than just a Delta hub.

Where is New York on that list?

When you think toxic there is still only one LOVE CANAL....go Niagara Falls

I'm a grad student at Georgia Tech, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies.

Atlanta is the San Fran for black gays

Great place for a Fark party...

At the Perimeter W, they gave me a copy of Garden & Gun (new window) to read. As a pagan, liberal, vegetarian who's also a good shot; I had to bring it home to San Francisco with me.

/contemplating a subscription

my son had terrible lung problems while living near atlanta. since moving into the country, no breathing machines, pills, doctors, nothing. the air quality sucks, but to be fair, most of the toxic waste in the 'hooch came from the sewage plant when it flooded recently. bad news? billions of gallons of waste poured into the river, good news? the sewage system is now clean.

SeamusFerrell: 3 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metro Area

Alright, I agree Naperville is a part of the Chicago area. Joliet is kind of a stretch. Indiana is as it is right next to the city (and I assume that is why Chicago ranked so high). Wisconsin? No, Wisconsin, you are not a suburb. You are the place we go to in order to get away from the city, spend our money, and get ridiculed for having the nerve to boost local Wisconsin economies. Oh, and I am pretty sure Illinois funds every Wisconsin law enforcement agency by handing us speeding tickets left and right.

I was thinking that too. Since Gary's part of the metro area it must skyrocket the statistics. Whenever I'm on the 80/94 heading towards my best friend in South Bend or my in-laws in Goshen, I hold my breath on that stretch through Gary... yikes.

I'd definitely consider Joliet a suburb. It's to the southwest what Aurora is to the west and Elgin to the northwest. A fairly large burb that more or less marks the end of the metro area.

I met a girl once who proudly proclaimed she was from the Chicago suburbs. I asked where. She said Kenosha... Yeah.

Toxic maybe...but definitely polluted with something...

Yet we still manage to proudly maintain the title as the fastest-growing, most industry-friendly city in the South. Go figure.

this explains the increase in crazy people.

Portland and seattle are clean due to the large amounts of rain constantly douching the cites.

HA..Albany Georgia is eye balling Atlanta's first place in crime and general scummy feel. Albany is all the worst of Atlanta in a slightly smaller condensed area.

/Bypass Albany
//Its like thunder dome there - 2 men enter, 1 man leave

zenobia: Yet we still manage to proudly maintain the title as the fastest-growing, most industry-friendly city in the South. Go figure.

maybe being so industry-friendly has contributed to the problem?

just sayin'

I used to run with the Atlanta track club and part of their route involved about a mile stretch down Peachtree St. I think I took 5 years off of my life breathing in the exhaust. So much for the health benefits of jogging.

And they seriously need to run MARTA to NW Atlanta and Smyrna. Switching buses twice to get to downtown where I worked kind of sucked.

Atlanta at the top baby! Hell yeah! Nom nom nomnomnomnomnomnomnmnmnon

It took my funny picture.

Mugato: Not to say that LA, California isn't polluted but I, with mild asthma, found it harder to breathe in Atlanta, New York and Detroit than in LA. The thing about LA is that it's naturally foggy, that makes the crap in the air more visible. Again, LA's hardly a clean air environ but I can see how Atlanta is worse. And Christ, downtown is a hellhole.

LA is not natually foggy. It's a Mediterranean climate, and generally has low humidity and winds coming in from the Pacific. But tt's got mountains on two sides, which form a barrier that keeps pollutants in. (Hence the term "LA basin.")

Fog is really only an issue on summer mornings, when the marine layer takes until about 11:00 or 12:00 to burn off.

And while it's still pretty bad, the air quality had improved in the last decade or so. I spend 3-4 weeks there a year, and 10 years ago I couldn't be outside without having to wipe dark smoggy gunk from the corners of my eyes. That's no longer the case, due in part to the state cracking down on emissions standards for cars.

Air pollution is always going to be felt more in places with high humidity (Atlanta) than in dry climates.