BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA & Top Hotbeds for “Profiled” Litterers Ages 16-25:TRAVEL+LEISURE “America's Dirtiest Cities”*

Steve Spacek“American State Litter Scorecard”

  2012, Steve Spacek Public Consulting.

NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE*”America's Dirtiest Cities” reports and surveys by Katrina Brown Hunt are Copyrighted by American Express Publishing Company, All Rights Reserved.

BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA & Top Urban Hotbeds for “Profiled” Litterers:

DID YOU KNOW?PROFILED Litterers and Dumpers are ALL persons who are in the age 16 to 25 group.

Youths and young adults, of BOTH genders and ALL races, are CONSISTENTLY likely to litter/dump waste and trash onto public/private properties than any other age group.

Profile compiled from 70+ government litter studies in USA, Canada since the 1970’s.

DID YOU KNOW?Littering and dumping BREEDS diseases and pests,

while injuring and KILLING humans, animals and nature.

BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA & Top Urban Hotbeds for “Profiled” Litterers:

These are the “Dirtiest American Cities” from June 2011 TRAVEL+LEISURE, having the TEN largest percentages of “Profiled” Litterers, ages 16-25 , within their city boundaries (as of 2010 U.S. Census):

TEN MAJOR UNITED STATES AGE 16-25 PROFILED LITTERER CITIES as of June 2011:

1 BOSTON-- 22.34 percent of 617,594 in RED-COLORED Massachusetts2 PHILADELPHIA-- 17.37 percent of 1,526,006 in RED-COLORED Pennsylvania

3 WASHINGTON -- 17.29 percent of 601,723 in ORANGE-COLORED District of Columbia 4 ATLANTA -- 17.20 percent of 420,003 in ORANGE-COLORED Georgia

5 NEW ORLEANS -- 16.48 percent of 343,829 in ORANGE-COLORED Louisiana6 BALTIMORE -- 16.22 percent of 620,961 in ORANGE-COLORED Maryland7 MEMPHIS -- 15.89 percent of 646,889 in ORANGE-COLORED Tennessee

8 SAN ANTONIO -- 15.83 percent of 1,327,407 in ORANGE-COLORED Texas9 LOS ANGELES -- 15.53 percent of 3,792,621 in ORANGE-COLORED California

10 CHICAGO -- 15.06 percent of 2,695,598 in ORANGE-COLORED Illinois

2012, Steve Spacek Public Consulting. NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE