Cars.com Releases Greenest Cities List, Ranking Popularity of Hybrids Among Car Shoppers
Cars.com has been compiling data on users who research hybrid vehicles, and ranking America’s “greenest” metro areas according to the number of people who research hybrid cars, trucks, SUVs and crossovers. No surprise that the winner was the San Francisco-San Jose-Oakland metro area, known for being a hot bed of progressive politics, organic food and other connotations used in conjunction with the stereotypical hybrid driver. While the list was skewed heavily towards the West Coast, Madison, Wisconsin, Gainsville, Florida and (interestingly) Glendive, Montana managed to crack the Top 10 list.
Of the bottom 10 locales, 9 of them were from Texas, Mississippi or Louisiana. While cars have hardly been conflated with any sort of political science research, the findings suggest that the Red State/Blue State dichotomy might be a little more accurate than previously though.
[Source: Cars.com]
See after the jump for the full list of the top 210 Green car cities. Is your city on it?
1 San Francisco – Oakland – San Jose 2 Eureka, CA 3 Portland, OR 4 Eugene, OR 5 Glendive, MT Santa Barbara -Santa Maria -San Luis Obispo, 6 CA 7 Seattle – Tacoma, WA 8 Madison, WI 9 San Diego, CA 10 Gainesville, FL 11 Monterey – Salinas, CA 12 Chico – Redding, CA 13 Bend, OR 14 Charlottesville, VA 15 Sacramento – Stockton – Modesto, CA 16 Salt Lake City, UT 17 Medford – Klamath Falls 18 Fairbanks, Alaska 19 Missoula, MT 20 Washington DC (Hagerstown) 21 Denver 22 Austin, TX 23 Rochester – Mason City – Austin 24 Minneapolis – Saint Paul 25 Boise, ID 26 Los Angeles 27 La Crosse – Eau Claire, WI 28 Tucson (Sierra Vista), AZ 29 Boston 30 Phoenix 31 Burlington – Plattsburgh, VT 32 Mankato, MN 33 Bangor, ME 34 Helena, MT 35 Lansing, MI 36 Juneau, AK 37 Raleigh – Durham (Fayetteville), NC 38 Lexington, KY 39 Columbia – Jefferson City, MO 40 Butte – Bozeman, MT 41 Portland – Auburn, ME 42 Cedar Rapids – Waterloo & Dubuque, IA 43 Honolulu – HI 44 Palm Springs, CA 45 Fresno – Visalia, CA 46 Harrisonburg, VA 47 Lafayette, IN 48 Bakersfield, CA 49 Twin Falls, ID 50 Reno, NV 51 Yakima – Pasco – Richland – Kennewick, WA 52 Springfield – Holyoke, MA 53 Syracuse, NY 54 Roanoke – Lynchburg, VA 55 Kansas City 56 Rapid City, SD 57 Las Vegas, NV 58 Spokane, WA 59 Green Bay – Appleton, WI 60 Albany – Schenectady – Troy, NY 61 Evansville, IN 62 Albuquerque – Santa Fe, NM 63 Idaho Falls – Pocatello, ID 64 Cincinnati 65 Des Moines – Ames, IA 66 Springfield, MO 67 Tallahassee – Thomasville, FL 68 South Bend – Elkhart, IN 69 Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa), AL 70 Sioux Falls (Mitchell), SD 71 Billings, MT 72 Anchorage, AK 73 Richmond – Petersburg, VA 74 Peoria – Bloomington, IL 75 Providence – New Bedford, RI 76 Fargo – Valley City, ND 77 Chicago 78 Norfolk – Portsmouth – Newport News, VA 79 Davenport – Rock Island – Moline, IA 80 Saint Louis 81 Milwaukee, WI 82 Tulsa, OK 83 Jonesboro, AR 84 Nashville, TN 85 Omaha, NE 86 Charlotte, NC 87 Indianapolis 88 Wilmington, NC 89 Columbus, OH 90 Dallas – Fort Worth 91 Champaign & Springfield – Decatur, IL 92 Panama City, FL 93 Fort Wayne, IN 94 Orlando – Daytona Beach – Melbourne, FL 95 Grand Rapids – Kalamazoo – Battle Creek, MI 96 Fort Myers – Naples, FL Fort Smith -Fayetteville -Springdale – Rogers, 97 AR 98 Colorado Springs – Pueblo, CO 99 Youngstown, OH 100 Salisbury, MD 101 Lincoln & Hastings – Kearney, NE 102 Knoxville, TN 103 Baltimore, MD 104 Dayton, OH 105 Cheyenne – Scottsbluff, WY 106 Watertown, NY 107 Binghamton, NY 108 Louisville, KY 109 Topeka, KA 110 Columbia, SC 111 Greensboro – High Point – Winston-Salem, NC 112 Jacksonville, FL 113 West Palm Beach – Fort Pierce, FL 114 Chattanooga, TN 115 Tampa – Saint Petersburg (Sarasota), FL 116 Johnstown – Altoona, PA 117 Jackson, TN 118 Rockford, IL 119 Atlanta 120 Oklahoma City, OK 121 Hartford & New Haven, CT 122 Mobile – Pensacola (Fort Walton Beach), AL Greenville -Spartanburg -Asheville – Anderson, 123 SC 124 Lubbock, TX 125 Wausau – Rhinelander, WI 126 Philadelphia 127 Presque Isle, ME 128 North Platte, VA 129 Cleveland, OH 130 Greenville – New Bern – Washington, NC 131 Terre Haute, IN 132 Harrisburg – Lancaster – Lebanon – York, PA 133 New York 134 Saint Joseph, MO 135 Pittsburgh 136 Rochester, NY 137 Great Falls, MT 138 Parkersburg, WV 139 Little Rock – Pine Bluff, AR 140 Detroit 141 Grand Junction – Montrose, CO 142 Joplin – Pittsburg, MO 143 San Antonio, TX 144 Toledo, OH 145 Duluth – Superior, MN 146 Wichita – Hutchinson, KS 147 Houston Paducah -Cape Girardeau -Harrisburg -Mt 148 Vernon, KY 149 Utica, NY 150 Buffalo, NY 151 Huntsville – Decatur (Florence), IL 152 Traverse City – Cadillac, MI 153 Dothan, AL 154 Charleston, SC 155 Miami – Fort Lauderdale 156 Marquette, MI 157 Minot – Bismarck – Dickinson, ND 158 Wichita Falls & Lawton, KS 159 Beaumont – Port Arthur, TX 160 Columbus – Tupelo – West Point, MS 161 Bowling Green, KY 162 Memphis, TN 163 Casper – Riverton, WY 164 Tyler – Longview (Lufkin & Nacogdoches), TX 165 Amarillo, TX 166 Flint – Saginaw – Bay City, MI 167 Sherman – Ada, TX 168 Elmira, NY 169 Augusta, GA 170 Ottumwa – Kirksville, IA 171 Savannah, GA 172 Columbus, GA 173 Sioux City, IA 174 Waco – Temple – Bryan, TX 175 Lima, OH 176 Zanesville, OH 177 Yuma – El Centro, AZ 178 Biloxi – Gulfport, MS 179 Wilkes Barre – Scranton, PA 180 Baton Rouge, LA 181 Macon, GA 182 Tri-Cities, TN-VA 183 Montgomery (Selma), AL 184 New Orleans 185 Florence – Myrtle Beach, SC 186 Clarksburg – Weston, WV 187 Quincy – Hannibal – Keokuk, IL 188 Abilene – Sweetwater, TX 189 Albany, GA 190 Charleston-Huntington, WV 191 Alexandria, LA 192 Odessa – Midland, TX 193 Wheeling – Steubenville, OH 194 San Angelo, TX 195 Bluefield – Beckley – Oak Hill, KY 196 Erie, PA 197 Monroe – El Dorado, AR 198 Lake Charles, LA 199 El Paso, TX 200 Meridian, MS 201 Harlingen – Weslaco – Brownsville – McAllen, TX 202 Lafayette, LA 203 Shreveport, LA 204 Corpus Christi, TX 205 Jackson, MS 206 Hattiesburg – Laurel, MS 207 Alpena, MI 208 Victoria, TX 209 Greenwood – Greenville, MS 210 Laredo, TX