10 most infested American cities of devastating, the new data show

Believe it or not, New York is not at the top.


Any big city will have its fair share of problems, whether crowded public transport or a constant construction. But in addition to these misfortunes, pests pose a big problem . A recent study by news inspectors based in New York Doctor sniff I looked at the 15 main metropolitan zones by the population and used data from the 2021 census to determine which cities had the greatest number of observations of rats and cockroaches. The study focused on observations for all 100,000 residents and found hot spots quite surprising. Continue to read to discover the 10 most infested cities in parasites in the United States

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New York City

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Surprisingly, the Big Apple does not take first place for the most infested city of pest. Based on data, New York City has a combined target rate of pests of 27.2 per 100,000 residents.

However, they had monumental observations of 1,165 rats as well as 1,227 cockroaches, which makes them the highest in the list for 2021. The rats are so problematic that the city has hired a civil servant " rat "Earlier this year.

The huge population and the amount of housing in the city are what made it be lower in the ranking. But don't be surprised if you meet these critters in the metro or go down.

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San Francisco

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With a combined observation rate of 27.7 - only a little more than New York - San Francisco occupies ninth place. Their individual observations are much lower, however, the rats arriving at 162 and the cockroaches at 81.

According to a report Axios , 9.2% of houses in San Francisco have had rats problems in the past two years.

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Cream Philadelphia

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Philadelphia, which has a rate of 43.6 observations per 100,000 inhabitants. The 480 rats observations are almost three times more than San Francisco. There were 219 cockroaches.

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Dallas

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Dallas, the first of the Texan cities on the list, obtained a classification in the top 10 for their combined number of 45.6 observations per 100,000 residents. They are not too far from Philadelphia but have a higher number of cockroaches by far - 500. They had 131 rats observations.

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Houes

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Houston, the second city in Texas, occupies sixth place with a combined observation rate of 50.4. It is another cockroach hotspot with 958 seen in 2021.

The 202 rats observations are much lower than in Philadelphia and New York, which could have to do with the warmer climate of Texas.

5
Riverside, California

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Although Riverside may not seem as large as the other cities on the list, they have their fair share of infestation of pests. With 71.1 observations per 100,000 residents, it is not surprising to see them hang fifth place, in particular with a rate above 20 above the next city.

During a year, the city had 90 rats and 134 games with cockroaches.

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Boston

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According to a spokesperson for Doctor Sniffs, "while metropolitan areas more in the North see a decrease in the number of cockroaches compared to the southern areas, taking proactive measures to guarantee that all properties remain without parasites is ultimately the best approach to the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the Continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the continuation of the current race during the problem of devastating. "

Boston does not jump too much in front of Riverside in terms of observations for 100,000 residents, this number is 72.8. But they absolutely skyrocketed in the total number of combined observations of rats and cockroaches - 492 compared to the 224 of Riverside.

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Washington DC.

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Rounding the first three is none other than the national capital. The study revealed that they had an observation rate of 83.7 in 2021. They had a particularly high total of rats observations - 349. Cockinable observations came to 229. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

According to Affilié CBS Local Wusa9 , calls related to rats to the Urban service line of D.C. increased from 6,048 in 2019, to 7,500 in 2020, and finally 11,300 drugs in 2021.

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Miami

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Things warm up in Miami because they take second place. As a city further south, it is not surprising that they have recorded a higher number of cockroaches than rats. They had 543 for cockroaches and only 81 with regard to rats. Their observation rate of 141 per 100,000 residents is however significantly higher than several other areas on the list.

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Atlanta

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Emerging as the most infested city of pests in the United States is none other than Atlanta. The observation rate of pests in the metropolitan region was 165.9 per 100,000 residents.

They also had an incredibly high number of total cockroaches - a huge 712.3. Their 115 rats meetings were not as high because they are a southern city.

"While urban centers are struggling with the challenge of rats and cockroaches, the study highlights the importance of proactive pest measures to create habitable and healthy communities," said a door -POT DOTOR SNIFFS.


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