Depending on where you live, you might experience more or less pollution than other cities around the country, from pristine beach towns to trash littered along highways stretching the length of the country.

LawnStarter compiled a list of 152 of the biggest U.S. cities, comparing them to each other using four categories: pollution, living conditions, infrastructure and consumer satisfaction. These factors were then evaluated using relevant metrics, including air quality index, greenhouse-gas emissions, population density, share of overcrowded homes, share of homes with mold, tons of waste in landfills per 100,000 residents, number of junk yards, share of residents of find city dirty and untidy and share of residents dissatisfied with pollution, among others.

These are the North Carolina cities that earned a spot among the dirtiest in the country:

No. 83: Raleigh
No. 100: Durham
No. 119: Fayetteville
No. 141: Charlotte
No. 144: Greensboro
No. 146: Winston-Salem

North Carolina fared pretty well compared to other states on the list, with its six cities ranking either at the bottom of the list or in the latter half. Raleigh, deemed the "dirtiest," ranked No. 30 in terms of living conditions while Winston-Salem, the least dirty, ranked No. 133 in the same category.

Here are the Top 20 dirtiest cities in America, according to the report:

Houston, Texas
Newark, New Jersey
San Bernardino, California
Detroit, Michigan
Jersey City, New Jersey
Bakersfield, California
San Antonio, Texas
Fresno, California
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Yonkers, New York
Shreveport, Louisiana
New York, New York
Birmingham, Alabama
Ontario, California
Los Angeles, California
Modesto, California
Palmdale, California
Hollywood, Florida
Las Vegas, Nevada
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Check out LawnStarter to see its full list of the dirtiest cities around the country.

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