Travel & Leisure Names America’s Dirtiest Cities CheapOair Staff June 16, 2011 Interests According to a recent Travel & Leisure poll some of the best and most popular cities we have in America also happen to be among the dirtiest. Travel and Leisure readers voted on their top 10 dirtiest cities and to my surprise New York stepped up its game getting itself out of first place. It finished fifth. New Orleans took New York City’s crown as the dirtiest city in America this year. The Complete breakdown goes as follows: 1. New Orleans 2. Philly 3. Los Angeles 4. Memphis 5. New York City 6. Baltimore 7. Las Vegas 8. Miami 9. Atlanta 10. Houston Source: Yahoo