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Ton of Rats in City

I don't know if you have heard the news, but NYC is being overrun with rats. And I'm not talking about the two-legged kind.

I believe we spoke about insects and other rodents in this forum, but can't recall which one it was.

When I read the article today, I was really astounded at the number of rats and that the landlord doesn't do anything about it.

Here is the entire story:

http://manhattan.ny1.com/content/top_stories/122275/east-village-tenants-say-building-overcome-with-rats

We have little mice once in a while but not rats. Wow.

I just found the other forum:

http://www.streetadvisor.com/new_york/forums/shocker-subway-study-finds-that-man-is-no-match-for-rat

The difference is this one talks about rats in an apartment building in lower Manhattan. Gross no matter where they are.
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
Other than rats being seen in apartments in the LES, have anyone of you seen rats in your apartment building?
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DBlack
DBlack 2yrs+
Nope! And I hope it stays that way!
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
Good for you. I also hope it stays that way for you. I also hope others are living without rats.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@hhusted I would die if I saw a rat in my apartment building.. mice I have seen but not a bandicoot thank god
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@hhusted more stories on how rats are infesting the city..now they are taking over the Metro Card machines..gross

http://amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/rats-turn-metrocard-machines-into-hotels-also-offer-a-discreet-place-to-pee-1.2127382
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@Uptowngirl: Thanks for the link. I don't care what the MTA said regarding the rats and the machines. If there is a provblem, it should be dealt with.
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
Silly question but....what's a bandicoot?
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@Ajadedidealist: This website should answer your question: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandicoot

Here's a better website about it: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/marsupial/Bandicootprintout.shtml
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
What is going on here between the vermin and the bedbugs?
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@JenMac: Good question. Did someone bring them here when visiting another country or state?
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
Awww! They're kind of cute, in a weird little way! Okay bandicoots!
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
Another state? I think NYC is pretty much the only place that has a bedbug problem. I had never even heard of them until I moved here.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
@ajadeidealist They're vermin! You'd probably think differently confronted with the real life thing rather than a picture.
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
@Uraniumfish - no doubt! But I do have a weakness for (clean-looking) fuzzy wuzzy things of all varieties! I'm just very easily swayed by "teh cute."
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
I kinda think vermin are cute too. I just know I'd feel differently if they were in my house, though.
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@Ajadedidealist: You just love little animals, right. That is a good thing. My girlfriend loves little animals to.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@JenMac you bet! I had a full blown hysteria attack when i found one darting in and out of my kitchen a couple of years ago.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@Everyone I can't even begin to tell you all how clean Hong Kong is .. for such a densely populated city, I have yet to see rats, cockroaches and other vermin here. I guess all those epidemics like SARs taught to the folks to be extra vigilant here.. hand santizers abound in stores and building foyers and the streets are constantly being cleaned though some of the beaches need to be cleaned up as well.
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@Everybody: I know someone who has a couple of mice for pets. He has some kind of wheel and stuff the mouse plays in. Rather cute if I say so.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
This whole city is due for some serious sanitizing. I'm amazed lately how filthy everything is, from streets to subway stations to grungy corners in apartments.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@Uraniumfish I know.. my apartment faces the FDR and if I open a window everything is soon covered in black soot coming to think of it the soot comes in even if I dont open an window!!! When I am in NYC I am constantly cleaning and even then the apartment is not clean enough.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
@uptowngirl Although it's important that everyone keep their own places clean, I actually think this level of unsanitary conditions is the fault of the city govt and its bad management. There's no reason the city needs to be this filthy and vermin infested, and it wouldn't be all that expensive to institute policies that keep the city at an acceptable level of clean.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@Uraniumfish what you say is so true and to think we pay such high taxes just to have the privilege of living in NYC.Its a real shame.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
@uptowngirl all the more surprising that a city so wealthy is so mismanaged.
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
It doesn't seem that NYC's budget is managed too wisely - it's not exactly the most efficient city. Then again, what city is?
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@ajadedidealist Cities like Hong Kong and Singapore are extremely clean and well managed. I have friends who live in Geneva and they come to NYC on shopping trips ever so often but they always get turned off by the filth in the subway etc apparently Geneva is another city that is extremely clean, I havent yet been so I can't really comment.
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NeverSleeps
NeverSleeps 2yrs+
The vermin problem must have a lot to do with the waste management system - especially in the LES. In places where people are partying all the time, perhaps it's necessary to come and pick up the garbage more often.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
@NeverSleeps Kinda funny that you point out the waste management system, which is definitely one of the problems, since the big NYC cliche is that waste management is run entirely by mobsters. I wonder how true the cliches are?
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@Uptowngirl: We are constantly cleaning because of the dust and soot coming in the apartment. It is really bad. That is what happens when there are industries nearby.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@hhusted Do we have major industries in NYC? I thought the economy was largely service based but I guess NJ located nearby has a ton of industrial units?
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