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There are also no mosquitos in San Francisco I also went on a 3 hour hike in the Oakland redwoods this weekend and did not encounter a single mosquito. Pretty
by acchow 4y ago
There are also no mosquitos in San Francisco
I also went on a 3 hour hike in the Oakland redwoods this weekend and did not encounter a single mosquito. Pretty amazing
- lamroger 4y agoI remember when they started putting something in the storm drains and after a few years they were mostly gone. You can see the layers of colorful dots on top of the drains
- et-al 4y agohttps://www.mosquitosf.com https://www.mosquitosf.com https://99percentinvisible.org/article/making-the-rounds-with-san-franciscos-mosquito-abatement-courier-team/ https://99percentinvisible.org/article/making-the-rounds-wit... acchow has been extremely fortunate because I've encountered them in the Mission, Russian Hill, Tenderloin, and not surprisingly Mountain Lake Park. Some of the storm drains aren't draining properly. Yes, we've used those expanding screens, but I think the mosquitoes are blood-thirsty enough to crawl through any cracks and most Victorian window frames are no longer square. You can call 311 to ask them to check the drains again, or buy some dunks yourself.
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- ViViDboarder 4y agoThere certainly are, but they aren’t common. If you go for an evening hike July to October on Mount Davidson, you’ll know.
- jwagenet 4y agoWe find mosquitos inside in the mission, so yes and no.
- tshaddox 4y agoI used to have plenty of mosquitos in Soma. I’m pretty sure they were from standing water in my apartment neighbor’s balcony plants. I always entertained the idea of attempting to spray or throw some sort of chemical into the pots I could easily reach.
- spywaregorilla 4y agoYou were thinking of throwing poison into your neighbors pots because your assumed they could be breeding mosquitoes?
- gretch 4y agoGood thing he didn’t do it and it was only a thoughtcrime
- elif 4y agoEvery year when they detect west nile in my neighborhood, they start driving trucks around once a week spraying concentrated poison directly into the air. They don't even put up signs to tell us what day to close our windows, or that they are doing it at all.
- spywaregorilla 4y ago... and that is bad. Not a status quo we should all settle for.
- bawolff 4y agoYour being downvoted, but i agree. Chemically treating someone's plants without telling them is not ok. Doubly so if they are intending to use it for food purposes.
- Invictus0 4y agoGod forbid we think UnApprovedThoughts™
- tshaddox 4y ago
- birdyrooster 4y agoSome people are magnets for mosquitos and can somehow managed to get bitten and harassed in places I never ever see mosquitos.
- TuringNYC 4y agoI used to think this was a tall tale. In my culture, they call it "sweet blood" when mosquitos go after certain people. But it is for real! https://www.23andme.com/topics/traits/mosquito-bite-frequency/ https://www.23andme.com/topics/traits/mosquito-bite-frequenc...
- blastro 4y agoI recall plenty of mosquitos on my porch in the haight area back in my day
- bawolff 4y agoIts also a bit of a relative thing. People who haven't lived in a mosquito infested area (e.g. Northern Canada or Alaska) have no concept of what "a lot of mosquitos" mean, and will talk about seeing a lot of mosquitos, which other people would consider an undetectable amount.
- hadlock 4y agoWe rented a houseboat on a lake for a week in northern Canada when I was 6 or 7, and I'm still haunted by the number of mosquitoes to this day. We cut the trip short to about 2 days and immediately went home and I think only visited Canada once after that, despite being a couple hours from the border.
- ChoGGi 4y agoThe mosquitoes are annoying, but just be happy it wasn't horsefly season.
- bawolff 4y agoThe worst I've ever seen was when i was a kid we went camping near Rabbitkettle Hot Springs in Nunavut. I swear, every time you clapped your hand, you would kill 7 mosquitos As a canadian, let me assure you, we do have some nice less mosquito filled places :)
- 11thEarlOfMar 4y agoI used to live in the Chicago suburbs. When we got bored as kids, we'd kill mosquitoes and feed them to the fish in my dad's aquarium. They were well fed. I've lived near San Francisco for 30 years now. I have had zero mosquito bites. I've been visited by black widow spiders, rattlesnakes, bobcats, wild pigs and the occasional fox or badger. But no mosquitoes.
- dang 4y agoThere are definitely mosquitoes in San Francisco. They sneak into my place if I leave the door open for too long and then wake me at 2am as well as doing other things mosquitoes do.
- aceazzameen 4y agoI don't remember ever seeing one or being bitten by one the entire time I lived in the bay area. I also think there were less bugs in general compared to the east coast. Except for spiders. Maybe the spiders keep them in check.
- c6400sc 4y agoNo mosquitos is new. I grew up in the east bay, with a view of the GG bridge. When I was young 25-35 years ago, I would get eaten alive at night. I did get one bite earlier this year in downtown Oakland. It was the first in a while.
- iancmceachern 4y agoI can confirm this. I'm curious though, why? Why are there no mosquitos in northern California?