Rats in DC

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone remember ratgate: when DC wanted to "humanely" solve its rat problem by trapping all the rats, drive them across the river and release them along the GW Parkway in Virginia.

And Virginia was like "no f-ing way"

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As if Virginia doesn't have rats

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone remember ratgate: when DC wanted to "humanely" solve its rat problem by trapping all the rats, drive them across the river and release them along the GW Parkway in Virginia.

And Virginia was like "no f-ing way"

LOL

As if Virginia doesn't have rats

Why would *any* state want to take your disgusting rats for you? Deal with them yourselves.
DP

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone remember ratgate: when DC wanted to "humanely" solve its rat problem by trapping all the rats, drive them across the river and release them along the GW Parkway in Virginia.

And Virginia was like "no f-ing way"

LOL

As if Virginia doesn't have rats

Why would *any* state want to take your disgusting rats for you? Deal with them yourselves.
DP

Look at you, pretending you don't have any disgusting rats of your own.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone remember ratgate: when DC wanted to "humanely" solve its rat problem by trapping all the rats, drive them across the river and release them along the GW Parkway in Virginia.

And Virginia was like "no f-ing way"

LOL

As if Virginia doesn't have rats

Why would *any* state want to take your disgusting rats for you? Deal with them yourselves.
DP

Look at you, pretending you don't have any disgusting rats of your own.

Of course we have rats. Duh.

We just don’t want MORE of YOUR rats.

Are you this dense with everything else you encounter?

At least now you admit you have your own disgusting rat problem, too. Maybe consider that first, before presuming to look down your nose at DC for its rat problem.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The city should pay a cash bounty on dead rats.

Enterprising folks would pocket some serious $$$, and the rat population would be reduced. Not eliminated, but definitely reduced.

Right now there’s no incentive for anyone to do anything about getting rid of them. So incentivize it. Use economics to fight the problem. Assign a value to rats, and pay the people who turn them in.

This is a good idea. OP here - back in the rats in the sandbox days, we called city rat control twice. They came.in space suits, poked around for nests and left without doing anything. This was years ago... What are other cities doing? Any new methods? Sterilization??? I like the idea of leading them across the highway - very Pied Piper of Hamelin, but not super fair to our neighbors.

Pay $10 for each dead rat turned in to any designated collection site in the city. Homeless people would be catching and killing rats all day long.

$10 and the city would be bankrupt in a week . I'd start way lower. Maybe by the pound? I just threw up a little thinking about that...

I agree with you. There are many more than we think...
I remember returning cans and bottles in the 80s to the store for 5 cents each. People filled up carts... I guess it could work.
I worry about disease spreading--people catching them with their hands, rocks etc.

WHO would catch a rat with their hands for $10? So disgusting.

The same person who would kill rats for $10 a pop! Are you even IN this thread?!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone remember ratgate: when DC wanted to "humanely" solve its rat problem by trapping all the rats, drive them across the river and release them along the GW Parkway in Virginia.

And Virginia was like "no f-ing way"

LOL

As if Virginia doesn't have rats

Why would *any* state want to take your disgusting rats for you? Deal with them yourselves.
DP

Look at you, pretending you don't have any disgusting rats of your own.

Of course we have rats. Duh.

We just don’t want MORE of YOUR rats.

Are you this dense with everything else you encounter?

At least now you admit you have your own disgusting rat problem, too. Maybe consider that first, before presuming to look down your nose at DC for its rat problem.

DO but I’m cringing at how thick you are. There are rats everywhere. DC has a rat problem. Do you understand the difference?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone remember ratgate: when DC wanted to "humanely" solve its rat problem by trapping all the rats, drive them across the river and release them along the GW Parkway in Virginia.

And Virginia was like "no f-ing way"

LOL

As if Virginia doesn't have rats

Why would *any* state want to take your disgusting rats for you? Deal with them yourselves.
DP

Look at you, pretending you don't have any disgusting rats of your own.

Of course we have rats. Duh.

We just don’t want MORE of YOUR rats.

Are you this dense with everything else you encounter?

At least now you admit you have your own disgusting rat problem, too. Maybe consider that first, before presuming to look down your nose at DC for its rat problem.

DO but I’m cringing at how thick you are. There are rats everywhere. DC has a rat problem. Do you understand the difference?

So much DC whataboutism. DC gun crime is fine (just be "streetsmart" whatever that means), DC homelessness is fine, DC rat problems is fine, DC poor education system is fine, as long as these same things exist in SOME neighboring county or state, in SOME form, even if not remotely as bad as in DC proper.

[Anonymous]

Streeteries seem somehow less "vibrant" when rats are skittering around your feet at dusk.

[Anonymous]

Mmmmm … rat droppings.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone remember ratgate: when DC wanted to "humanely" solve its rat problem by trapping all the rats, drive them across the river and release them along the GW Parkway in Virginia.

And Virginia was like "no f-ing way"

LOL

As if Virginia doesn't have rats

Why would *any* state want to take your disgusting rats for you? Deal with them yourselves.
DP

Look at you, pretending you don't have any disgusting rats of your own.

Of course we have rats. Duh.

We just don’t want MORE of YOUR rats.

Are you this dense with everything else you encounter?

At least now you admit you have your own disgusting rat problem, too. Maybe consider that first, before presuming to look down your nose at DC for its rat problem.

DO but I’m cringing at how thick you are. There are rats everywhere. DC has a rat problem. Do you understand the difference?

So much DC whataboutism. DC gun crime is fine (just be "streetsmart" whatever that means), DC homelessness is fine, DC rat problems is fine, DC poor education system is fine, as long as these same things exist in SOME neighboring county or state, in SOME form, even if not remotely as bad as in DC proper.

What's cringey is constantly singling out DC and picking on DC over rats when Alexandria and other places have every bit as much of a rat problem as DC. And then getting angry and shouting "whataboutism" when the lack of merit of your bizarre singular focus and obsession with DC is pointed out.

[Anonymous]

It affects quality of life for we who live here, and isn't much of a draw for those that don't...also it's just kind of a public health issue

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone remember ratgate: when DC wanted to "humanely" solve its rat problem by trapping all the rats, drive them across the river and release them along the GW Parkway in Virginia.

And Virginia was like "no f-ing way"

LOL

As if Virginia doesn't have rats

Why would *any* state want to take your disgusting rats for you? Deal with them yourselves.
DP

Look at you, pretending you don't have any disgusting rats of your own.

Of course we have rats. Duh.

We just don’t want MORE of YOUR rats.

Are you this dense with everything else you encounter?

At least now you admit you have your own disgusting rat problem, too. Maybe consider that first, before presuming to look down your nose at DC for its rat problem.

DO but I’m cringing at how thick you are. There are rats everywhere. DC has a rat problem. Do you understand the difference?

So much DC whataboutism. DC gun crime is fine (just be "streetsmart" whatever that means), DC homelessness is fine, DC rat problems is fine, DC poor education system is fine, as long as these same things exist in SOME neighboring county or state, in SOME form, even if not remotely as bad as in DC proper.

What's cringey is constantly singling out DC and picking on DC over rats when Alexandria and other places have every bit as much of a rat problem as DC. And then getting angry and shouting "whataboutism" when the lack of merit of your bizarre singular focus and obsession with DC is pointed out.

As someone who has lived in dc & still works there and currently lives in Alexandria, the rat problems are no where near comparable. DC is out of control awful

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone remember ratgate: when DC wanted to "humanely" solve its rat problem by trapping all the rats, drive them across the river and release them along the GW Parkway in Virginia.

And Virginia was like "no f-ing way"

LOL

As if Virginia doesn't have rats

Why would *any* state want to take your disgusting rats for you? Deal with them yourselves.
DP

Look at you, pretending you don't have any disgusting rats of your own.

Of course we have rats. Duh.

We just don’t want MORE of YOUR rats.

Are you this dense with everything else you encounter?

At least now you admit you have your own disgusting rat problem, too. Maybe consider that first, before presuming to look down your nose at DC for its rat problem.

DO but I’m cringing at how thick you are. There are rats everywhere. DC has a rat problem. Do you understand the difference?

So much DC whataboutism. DC gun crime is fine (just be "streetsmart" whatever that means), DC homelessness is fine, DC rat problems is fine, DC poor education system is fine, as long as these same things exist in SOME neighboring county or state, in SOME form, even if not remotely as bad as in DC proper.

What's cringey is constantly singling out DC and picking on DC over rats when Alexandria and other places have every bit as much of a rat problem as DC. And then getting angry and shouting "whataboutism" when the lack of merit of your bizarre singular focus and obsession with DC is pointed out.

But wait. I didn't single out DC. Whoever made this thread did. I don't live in Alexandria. I live in Tysons. I have never seen a rat in Tysons. I'm sure they exist, but this is the largest employment center in the DC area and I have never seen one. I have seen rats casually dining on 14th street for many years. The thread was started about rats in DC, so it absolutely is whataboutism to start tooting your horn about Alexandria (never been, prob never will). If it was as big a problem in Alexandria I assume someone would have made a thread about it. You are the definition of whataboutism

[Anonymous]

"EEK EEK DC IS ICKY"

Ok Karen.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone remember ratgate: when DC wanted to "humanely" solve its rat problem by trapping all the rats, drive them across the river and release them along the GW Parkway in Virginia.

And Virginia was like "no f-ing way"

LOL

As if Virginia doesn't have rats

Why would *any* state want to take your disgusting rats for you? Deal with them yourselves.
DP

Look at you, pretending you don't have any disgusting rats of your own.

Of course we have rats. Duh.

We just don’t want MORE of YOUR rats.

Are you this dense with everything else you encounter?

At least now you admit you have your own disgusting rat problem, too. Maybe consider that first, before presuming to look down your nose at DC for its rat problem.

DP. Perhaps you should stop whatabouting and just acknowledge that DC has a horrific rat problem. It's the 4th "rattiest" city in the US. Absolutely disgusting. Just own it and stop deflecting.
https://wtop.com/dc/2021/10/oh-rats-dc-remains-4th-rattiest-city-in-the-us/