Top 100 worst cities for spring allergies

by Rigel Celeste (Subscribe to Rigel Celeste's posts)
Apr 4th 2007 4:59PM

It's that time again...allergy season. If there was ever a reason not to like spring, allergies would be it. And depending where you live, the issue may be even worse than for most. Forbes has compiled a list of the top 100 worst cities for spring allergies in the U.S.

Where does your city rank? Not so good if you live in one of the top three: Tulsa, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Fort Myers. But if you call #100 home, Fort Wayne Indiana, you're doing much better. As for me, I'm happy with a score of 64 -- at least it's in the bottom half!

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jerry 4-19-2007 @ 2:48PM

Since I have had allergy problems for years, I was interested in this article. However, how many people have time to sit thru an 100 item slide show?
IMO-Authors should also include a printed list for efficiency!
I have read many stories done in this format, and it is frustrating!

Serenity 4-19-2007 @ 5:11PM

I agree with you, Jerry. It takes too long to go through that long of a list by pictures. Even when you are given a chance to click through them, the picture doesn't load as fast as it should. The entire list, if seen as a list instead of pictures, could be read before they have clicked five items by pictures. Sitting there clicking 100 times is frustrating, because it takes away from other things one could be researching in the meantime. The pictures are nice and interesting, but they require a lot of leisure time to go through.

Michele 4-19-2007 @ 4:58PM

I agree with you...it takes forever sometimes to go throught the slide show and by the time I get about 3 or 4 pictures in I am not interested anymore.

William Bumstead 4-19-2007 @ 5:19PM

Please give us information in a format that can be easily printed and used later...not 100 pictures!!!

Sally 4-19-2007 @ 5:22PM

Too irritating to wait through slide show. I would read a simple list.

Michele 4-19-2007 @ 9:02PM

I saw the top 25 cities for alergies, but I'd really list to have a list. It takes too long to sit through all those pictures! What is the 100th city???

Gail 4-19-2007 @ 6:52PM

Ditto - everybody. With a 4 yr. old laptop, dialup connection and all AOL's garbadge being loaded - I decided to take the time to clean my office and take a shower. I am the allergy queen & have suffered horribly since I moved to Daytona Beach, FL - my plans are to move back to NYC - no allergies - no trees. Things move up there -down here + on AOL it seems like forever to get one piece of information.

Rigel 4-19-2007 @ 6:54PM

For what it's worth I agree it is a long list to go through and a lot of pictures! Nevertheless I thought I was an interesting article/slideshow - even though it is time consuming. If anybody finds a straight "list" of the 100 cities I would welcome them to post it here in the comments for those who are more time crunched! Thanks for looking everybody! :)

Maggie 4-19-2007 @ 7:09PM

http://fox21news.com/Global/story.asp?S=6343919

I found the list. it's off to the right hand side in a pink box i think.

ddarby14 4-20-2007 @ 12:39AM

1 Tulsa, Okla.
2 Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
3 Fort Myers, Fla.
4 San Antonio, Texas
5 Tuson, Ariz.
6 Saint Louis, Mo.
7 Witchita, Kan.
8 Little Rock, Ark.
9 Charlotte, N.C.
10 Atlanta, Ga.
11 Augusta, Ga.
12 Jacksonville, Fla.
13 El Paso, Texas
14 Columbia, S.C.
15 Oklahoma City, Okla.
16 Bakersfield, Calif.
17 Tampa, Fla.
18 Sarasota, Fla.
19 Las Vegas, Nev.
20 Los Angeles, Calif.
21 Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz.
22 Richmond, Va.
23 Birmingham, Ala.
24 Austin, Texas
25 McAllen, Texas
26 Memphis, Tenn.
27 San Francisco, Calif.
28 Houston, Texas
29 Greensboro, N.C.
30 Jackson, Miss.
31 Charleston, S.C.
32 Allentown, Pa.
33 Philadelphia, Pa.
34 Melbourne, Fla.
35 Orlando, Fla.
36 Daytona Beach, Fla.
37 West Palm Beach, Fla.
38 Albuquerque, N.M.
39 Madison, Wisc.
40 Norfolk, Va.
41 Pittsburgh, Pa.
42 Milwaukee, Wisc.
43 Indianapolis, Ind.
44 Mobile, Ala.
45 Pensacola, Fla.
46 Springfield, Mo.
47 Louisville, Ky.
48 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C.
49 Modesto, Calif.
50 Sacramento, Calif.
51 Stockton, Calif.
52 Lexington, Ky.
53 Greenville, S.C.
54 San Diego, Calif.
55 Denver, Colo.
56 Chattanooga, Tenn.
57 Dayton, Ohio
58 New Orleans, La.
59 Rochester, N.Y.
60 Salt Lake City, Utah
61 Johnson City, Tenn.
62 Cincinnati, Ohio
63 Knoxville, Tenn
64 Omaha, Neb.
65 Nashville, Tenn.
66 Baltimore, Neb.
67 Baton Rouge, La.
68 Columbus, Ohio
69 South Bend, Indiana
70 Kansas City, Mo.
71 Washington, D.C.
72 Canton, Ohio
73 Cleveland, Ohio
74 Hartford, Conn.
75 Lancaster, Pa.
76 Harrisburg, Pa.
77 Buffalo, N.Y.
78 Youngstown, Ohio
79 New York, N.Y.
80 Spokane, Wash.
81 Colorado Springs, Colo.
82 Providence, R.I.
83 Fresno, Calif.
84 Portland, Ore.
85 Chicago, Ill.
86 Boise City, Idaho
87 Des Moines, Iowa
88 Albany, N.Y.
89 Miami, Fla.
90 Grand Rapids, Mich.
91 Kalamzoo, Mich.
92 Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
93 Toledo, Ohio
94 Scranton, Pa.
95 Syracuse, N.Y.
96 Seattle, Wash.
97 Lansing, Mich.
98 Detroit, Mich.
99 Boston, Mass.
100 Fort Wayne, Ind.