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Fuck, I live in rat heaven- chicago. One sneaked into my bedroom last polar votex. Never knew my sweetest gentle cat had such vicious killer instinct. Flew stra

Fuck, I live in rat heaven- chicago. One sneaked into my bedroom last polar votex. Never knew my sweetest gentle cat had such vicious killer instinct. Flew straight out from the kitchen table and bit its neck and then proceeded to torment the poor thing for next 1/2 hr before I rescued the rat, picked it up with towels(blood still dripping) and threw it in garbage bin outside. I decided that night to move the fuck out of chicago and will be moving out end of this year.

selectodude 7y ago
I’m curious where you plan to live that doesn’t have any rats.
- Iv 7y ago
  I lived in Paris, Berlin, Tokyo. Never saw any rat where humans would go. I think I spot mice in Paris in the streets once.
  - tzs 7y ago
    They are pretty good at avoiding being seen, but they are around. Paris has more rats than humans, and Berlin has about 2/3 as many rats as humans. I haven't need good estimates for Tokyo's rat population, but there are about 5000 reports of human encounters a year (down from 20k/year in 2001).
    - executesorder66 7y ago
      > I haven't need good estimates for Tokyo's rat population, but there are about 5000 reports of human encounters a year (down from 20k/year in 2001). What do you mean reports of human encounters? I was in Tokyo a few weeks ago, and I saw some rats. I didn't report it, because who gives a shit if you see a rat in a city? I've seen rats in every city I've ever been in.
  - simonsarris 7y ago
    Really? I lived in Paris for a month and saw the "dératisation", and the rats. A park was so infested they had to close it temporarily.
  - lostlogin 7y ago
    Paris is literally crawling with them. Every park we went to last year had them in bushes, under seats and climbing on peoples possessions as we watched. I biked quite a few km while there and saw them all over the central area.
- dominotw 7y ago
  There is difference between having 'any rats' and being rat capital of usa[1]. I see them all time, everywhere here. 1.http://mentalfloss.com/article/561029/most-rat-infested-cities-in-america http://mentalfloss.com/article/561029/most-rat-infested-citi...
  - selectodude 7y ago
    That list seems to be a roughly ordered list of cities by population. I see rats at night in most cities I spend time in.
  - flukus 7y ago
    What are your garbage bins like? Whenever I see pictures of New York they always have open, rat accessible bins and garbage bags on the street waiting for pick up that take a rat 2 seconds to get through. I'm not sure if that reflects reality but if it does then I think they're half the problem.
    - kkarakk 7y ago
      Even if you keep them closed homeless folk tend to have a look and leave them open.
- notatoad 7y ago
  Alberta?
  - tonyarkles 7y ago
    Heh, I was trying to find the clip from Ratatouille about Alberta and rats but failed in my short attempt. For context for non-Western-Canadians, there were 3 rats found in Calgary in 2018 and it was a big enough deal that there's news articles about it: https://globalnews.ca/news/4342316/rat-found-calgary-rat-free-alberta/ https://globalnews.ca/news/4342316/rat-found-calgary-rat-fre... Being from Saskatchewan... I guess we may have some rats here, but I've never seen one outside of a pet store.
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- xvedejas 7y ago
  Move to a city where coyotes live? I live in a city near a large park and have never seen a rat, but I do hear coyotes fairly often. I think these are related.
  - theandrewbailey 7y ago
    Chicago has lots of them: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-downtown-coyotes-met-0117-20150116-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-downtown-coyotes-met-...
  - nradov 7y ago
    In the outlying areas of the SF Bay Area we have both rats and coyotes. You don't see rats out on the street much but watch a dumpster full of food waste at night and you'll eventually spot them. Coyotes catch some but the rats breed quickly.
- Wowfunhappy 7y ago
  Apparently, they can go to Alberta...

selectodude 7y ago

I’m curious where you plan to live that doesn’t have any rats.

Iv 7y ago
I lived in Paris, Berlin, Tokyo. Never saw any rat where humans would go. I think I spot mice in Paris in the streets once.
- tzs 7y ago
  They are pretty good at avoiding being seen, but they are around. Paris has more rats than humans, and Berlin has about 2/3 as many rats as humans. I haven't need good estimates for Tokyo's rat population, but there are about 5000 reports of human encounters a year (down from 20k/year in 2001).
  - executesorder66 7y ago
    > I haven't need good estimates for Tokyo's rat population, but there are about 5000 reports of human encounters a year (down from 20k/year in 2001). What do you mean reports of human encounters? I was in Tokyo a few weeks ago, and I saw some rats. I didn't report it, because who gives a shit if you see a rat in a city? I've seen rats in every city I've ever been in.
- simonsarris 7y ago
  Really? I lived in Paris for a month and saw the "dératisation", and the rats. A park was so infested they had to close it temporarily.
- lostlogin 7y ago
  Paris is literally crawling with them. Every park we went to last year had them in bushes, under seats and climbing on peoples possessions as we watched. I biked quite a few km while there and saw them all over the central area.
dominotw 7y ago
There is difference between having 'any rats' and being rat capital of usa[1]. I see them all time, everywhere here. 1.http://mentalfloss.com/article/561029/most-rat-infested-cities-in-america http://mentalfloss.com/article/561029/most-rat-infested-citi...
- selectodude 7y ago
  That list seems to be a roughly ordered list of cities by population. I see rats at night in most cities I spend time in.
- flukus 7y ago
  What are your garbage bins like? Whenever I see pictures of New York they always have open, rat accessible bins and garbage bags on the street waiting for pick up that take a rat 2 seconds to get through. I'm not sure if that reflects reality but if it does then I think they're half the problem.
  - kkarakk 7y ago
    Even if you keep them closed homeless folk tend to have a look and leave them open.
notatoad 7y ago
Alberta?
- tonyarkles 7y ago
  Heh, I was trying to find the clip from Ratatouille about Alberta and rats but failed in my short attempt. For context for non-Western-Canadians, there were 3 rats found in Calgary in 2018 and it was a big enough deal that there's news articles about it: https://globalnews.ca/news/4342316/rat-found-calgary-rat-free-alberta/ https://globalnews.ca/news/4342316/rat-found-calgary-rat-fre... Being from Saskatchewan... I guess we may have some rats here, but I've never seen one outside of a pet store.
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xvedejas 7y ago
Move to a city where coyotes live? I live in a city near a large park and have never seen a rat, but I do hear coyotes fairly often. I think these are related.
- theandrewbailey 7y ago
  Chicago has lots of them: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-downtown-coyotes-met-0117-20150116-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-downtown-coyotes-met-...
- nradov 7y ago
  In the outlying areas of the SF Bay Area we have both rats and coyotes. You don't see rats out on the street much but watch a dumpster full of food waste at night and you'll eventually spot them. Coyotes catch some but the rats breed quickly.
Wowfunhappy 7y ago
Apparently, they can go to Alberta...