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Boston is one of the 10 greenest cities in America

by Brian Block, AG Beat

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Boston landed the No. 10 position for the greenest cities in America in a new ranking from realtor.com.

The data collected each city’s parkland as a percentage of city area, air quality index, number of plots in community gardens, and farm-to table options per capita.

Qualities ranking Boston at No. 10 include:

  • Boston has the longest history of urban farming in the country
  • Many restaurants offer “farm-to-table” dishes
  • The area contains 17.1 percent parkland
  • The oldest operating World War II garden, which contains 7.5 acres with more than 500 gardens, is located in Boston
  •  The Arnold Arboretum features 15,000 living plants

Here is the full list of America’s top green cities from realtor.com.

  1. Portland, OR
  2. Honolulu
  3. St. Louis
  4. Austin
  5. Seattle
  6. San Francisco
  7. Madison
  8. Jacksonville
  9. Greensboro
  10. Boston

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