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Haven't seen a cockroach in a decade. Not so hot as they were hyped up to be during the 70's and 80's.

chrisseaton 7y ago
But do you live in an area with cockroaches? I've never seen one in person in my life but that's because I live somewhere temperate and doesn't mean they're not an issue for many other people.
pknopf 7y ago
Hello from Florida!
- jcadam 7y ago
  Yea, in my part of Florida we get the huge palmetto bugs (polite term for American cockroaches) coming inside during the summer. Fortunately, they don't usually infest homes like the German cockroaches. My cats take care of the few that wander inside (and also, the lizards).
  - pknopf 7y ago
    My house was roach free. Then my mother moved in and I had to put her stuff in the garage. Now I have roaches and I can't seem to get rid of them myself. I need to contact a bug guy. I hope I can be rid of this infestation.
    - jcadam 7y ago
      I pay a bug guy to come out and spray around my house quarterly. It helps, especially with the ants. Pretty much a required service in Florida.
Spooky23 7y ago
#suburblife Cockroaches infest all urban areas. If you’re around a dense population of humans, you got them. If you’re in the US south, you got them. If you’re in the hood, you got lots of them. If you’re in an area with lots of transient people, you’re near them. My dad was a fireman. I recall him describing an apartment fire where they encountered a “moving wall” in a stairwell, a 5ft square cluster of roaches trying to escape the flame. When they ran into situations like that, they removed their gear and rode back in their underwear if necessary.
- chrisseaton 7y ago
  > Cockroaches infest all urban areas. Not in all urban areas - they're really not very common in the UK. There's only a couple of smaller species here and they're pretty rare so that people may have never seen one.
  - coldtea 7y ago
    Not very common in the UK? You'd be surprised.
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- elboru 7y ago
  Why? Did they try to prevent diseases or something?
  - Spooky23 7y ago
    If you get eggs or roaches on you, they'll spread to the trucks, firehouse and eventually home. They would hose down the gear with a pressure washer.
- asdkfjasl 7y ago
  Eh, we live in the center of NYC, and we have gotten like three or four in the last year. A well-sealed apartment (copper wool + silicone caulk in all gaps) will keep out cockroaches and rats pretty well.
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But do you live in an area with cockroaches? I've never seen one in person in my life but that's because I live somewhere temperate and doesn't mean they're not an issue for many other people.

pknopf 7y ago

Hello from Florida!

jcadam 7y ago
Yea, in my part of Florida we get the huge palmetto bugs (polite term for American cockroaches) coming inside during the summer. Fortunately, they don't usually infest homes like the German cockroaches. My cats take care of the few that wander inside (and also, the lizards).
- pknopf 7y ago
  My house was roach free. Then my mother moved in and I had to put her stuff in the garage. Now I have roaches and I can't seem to get rid of them myself. I need to contact a bug guy. I hope I can be rid of this infestation.
  - jcadam 7y ago
    I pay a bug guy to come out and spray around my house quarterly. It helps, especially with the ants. Pretty much a required service in Florida.

Spooky23 7y ago

#suburblife Cockroaches infest all urban areas. If you’re around a dense population of humans, you got them. If you’re in the US south, you got them. If you’re in the hood, you got lots of them. If you’re in an area with lots of transient people, you’re near them. My dad was a fireman. I recall him describing an apartment fire where they encountered a “moving wall” in a stairwell, a 5ft square cluster of roaches trying to escape the flame. When they ran into situations like that, they removed their gear and rode back in their underwear if necessary.

chrisseaton 7y ago
> Cockroaches infest all urban areas. Not in all urban areas - they're really not very common in the UK. There's only a couple of smaller species here and they're pretty rare so that people may have never seen one.
- coldtea 7y ago
  Not very common in the UK? You'd be surprised.
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elboru 7y ago
Why? Did they try to prevent diseases or something?
- Spooky23 7y ago
  If you get eggs or roaches on you, they'll spread to the trucks, firehouse and eventually home. They would hose down the gear with a pressure washer.
asdkfjasl 7y ago
Eh, we live in the center of NYC, and we have gotten like three or four in the last year. A well-sealed apartment (copper wool + silicone caulk in all gaps) will keep out cockroaches and rats pretty well.
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