Asheville is a gorgeous city with fascinating parks and gorgeous hiking trails. It is surrounded by mountains. Asheville has an elevation of about 2,200 feet above sea level. It is also very environmentally friendly
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Charlotte
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Salisbury
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Phoenix
Phoenix is one of the oldest green cities.
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Denver
The city of Denver has been green nearly as long as San Francisco; it ranks pretty high up on the list.
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Springfield
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Tampa
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Albuquerque
Albuquerque has had problems with its green status, however today the city is very clean and it uses eco-friendly standards just like every other green city.
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Sacramento
Sacramento is a high ranker, just recently though.
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Columbus
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Portland
Greenest city along the interior NW.
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San Diego
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Baltimore
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Pittsburgh
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San Jose
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Austin
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Dallas
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Fort Worth
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Nashville
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Tucson
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Boston
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Kansas City
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Minneapolis
Has been green, in fact it could surpass Portland.
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Chicago
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New York City
You wouldn't think New York City would be on this list, but it is one of the greenest in the Mid-Atlantic.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia might not be the cleanest city, but it is one of the greenest cities today.
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Washington, D.C.
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Seattle
Seattle has been green for a little while now, it had problems in the past, but it seems the city overcame them.
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San Francisco
San Francisco has been green for a long time now, and it is the greenest city next to Portland.
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Oakland
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Los Angeles
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