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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not surprising that there are more rodents. There is trash along all of the roads because it’s not picked up anymore. It’s noticeable as soon as you enter the city. There are homeless encampments everywhere surrounded by trash. There are many more dog owners and a certain percentage don’t pick up waste. The winters have been mild. It’s a perfect environment for rats. 
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This. The cities had become dirtier overall.  DC used to be cleaner, when you turn a city into a skid row, there is no surprise vermin will follow.  Also, there must be some structural issues with easy access to sewers for the rats probably.  City has to do something about it, starting with some major cleanup.  Owners can only do so much.  It really takes a city.  Also hold garbage companies accountable for spilling the garbage during pickup and not cleaning up.  We had this happen in front of our row house numerous times, it's public property, not ours to clean, they just throw the bags and if something spills, nobody picks up.  [/quote]
One thing that makes the rat situation worse that no one talks about is all of the outdoor dining stuff now. They need to close those things down to provide the rats less access to hiding spaces where there is direct access to food waste. [/quote]

If you travel overseas you will find outdoor dining to be the norm, but rat issues aren't out of hand like this, at least I didn't notice this.  Rats in DC are widespread on residential streets where there is no outdoor dining.  They take advantage of garbage containers and often chew through them.  Also if trash pickup generates debris, this debris is never cleaned because seems like nobody is cleaning between the buildings, on the back of the buildings, etc.  And if citizens decide to exterminate the rats and mitigate issues with cementing down any holes around their property, etc, it's short lasting relief when your neighbors aren't doing the same and the city isn't on board helping out or providing adequate street cleaning. [/quote]

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