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Nov 11, 2022 09:21:38 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Based on information from Orkin - the exterminator people.

Top 50 Rattiest Cities in America

Chicago
New York
Los Angeles
Washington, D.C.
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Cleveland
Detroit
Denver
Seattle
Minneapolis
Boston
Atlanta
Indianapolis
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
San Diego
Hartford, Connecticut
Miami
Milwaukee
Houston
Dallas
Portland, Oregon
Columbus, Ohio
Richmond, Virginia
Kansas City, Missouri
Norfolk, Virginia
Nashville, Tennessee
St. Louis
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Raleigh, North Carolina
Champaign, Illinois
Albany, New York
Louisville, Kentucky
Sacramento, California
New Orleans
Charlotte, North Carolina
Buffalo, New York
Flint, Michigan
Greenville, South Carolina
Syracuse, New York
Tampa, Florida
South Bend, Indiana
Portland, Maine
Phoenix
Charleston, South Carolina
Ft. Wayne, Indiana
Orlando, Florida
Burlington, Vermont

Nov 11, 2022 09:28:58 #

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Nov 11, 2022 09:30:37 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Longshadow wrote:

Do you want a list of bedbug cities?

Nov 11, 2022 09:32:32 #

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

jerryc41 wrote:

Do you want a list of bedbug cities?

Ahhh. .......

Possibly.

Nov 11, 2022 09:53:56 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Longshadow wrote:

Ahhh. .......

Possibly.

I have those critters in the back of my mind every time I stay in a hotel. So far, no problem.

Nov 11, 2022 09:56:53 #

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

jerryc41 wrote:

I have those critters in the back of my mind every time I stay in a hotel. So far, no problem.

Good!

Nov 11, 2022 10:00:06 #

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Jerry, There is a documentray called "Rat Film" which is about the economic and social decay of Baltimore and its infestation of rats. My favorite segment of the documentary is the two fellows that 'fish' for rats at night.

They sit on lawn chairs and fish in the areaways between houses. One of them uses a fishing pole baited with turkey and peanut butter and the other wields a baseball bat. The rats take the baited hook and he reels them in and the other fellow bashes them with the ball bat.

The documentary explains the key factors that came together that resulted in the economic and social collapse of the City of Baltimore. I found it to be quite enlightening and it provided me with a better understanding of the factors that affect the lives of those who live there.

Nov 11, 2022 16:38:08 #

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

jerryc41 wrote:

Based on information from Orkin - the exterminator... (show quote)

Sorry to see Raleigh on the list. Lived here for almost 60 years and seen one rat (in my garbage can)

Nov 11, 2022 16:58:47 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

TriX wrote:

Sorry to see Raleigh on the list. Lived here for almost 60 years and seen one rat (in my garbage can)

I've spent a lot of time in NYC, and I've never seen a rat. I did see one in Hawaii, though.

Remember the video of the rat on the stairs in the subway? I hope he got that home to his family.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UPXUG8q4jKU

Then there's this -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf-2z3cZftk

And this -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrBteWwcDgI

Nov 11, 2022 17:06:13 #

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

TriX wrote:

Sorry to see Raleigh on the list. Lived here for almost 60 years and seen one rat (in my garbage can)

I saw one rat in 27 years in Central Florida. I guess when the freeze of '85? killed all the orange (citrus) groves in Central Florida, the grove rats had to go somewhere.....

Nov 12, 2022 05:30:31 #

Ollieboy

When I rode the NYC subway system daily I saw many rats on the tracks going about their business. I saw them in the morning and when coming home. Nobody felt threatened as long as they didn't come on to the platform. I understand subway rats are deaf and rely on vibrations to warn them of incoming trains.

Nov 12, 2022 05:56:22 #

DaleBrown

Yeah, why not?

Nov 12, 2022 10:30:59 #

nmw1004 Loc: Dresher PA

I don't want to live in a city that even the rats don't want to live in.

Nov 12, 2022 10:36:58 #

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

jerryc41 wrote:

Based on information from Orkin - the exterminator... (show quote)

The thing that surprises me most is that Memphis is not on the list. A lot of the cities are port cities and rats seem to thrive around ports. Memphis is a major port on the Mississippi River like St. Louis and with warmer weather, since it is a southern city, it just seems like a place rats would be in abundance.

Nov 12, 2022 11:16:38 #

Leo Perez

It’s like Texas, we have more horses asses than horses.

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