What Makes Las Vegas and Denver Smell Better Than Utah, According To National Ranking

Have you had the experience of visiting a city and enjoying some picturesque views, only to have a sewer smell drift your way. It ruins the experience. A list of the best smelling cities left Utah out, but included two of our neighbors.

Ranking the Smelliest Cities

Mental Floss came up with the smelling data and it might be debatable. There are certain businesses like flowers shops and bakeries that make a place smell good. They totaled the number of these businesses in each location along with a cleanliness score.

This is how Utah's neighboring states ended up on the list with Denver, Colorado at number 7 and Las Vegas Nevada at number 10. Next time the wind blows from either of these city's directions, notice the delicious smells on the breeze.

According to the analytics, Las Vegas smells amazing. f11photo

A Scientific Approach to City Scents

What really has me questioning the data is Detroit on the list at number 9. When I think of beautiful smelling places, I don't normally think of this city known for manufacturing cars on the list. But I've never been there so maybe it smells wonderful.

I would prefer a more scientific approach rather than the data system they used. Maybe a machine that can analyze air molecules that is taken to different cities. Or you could fly in people who sniff armpits for deodorant companies to give their opinion.

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As for Utah, we have that crisp mountain air, but it is tempered by the inversions. Maybe next long weekend we should all head south and sniff up the amazing air floating through Las Vegas.