According to CBS Chicago, the American city of Chicago has been named the "rat capital" of the United States.
Here and before there were many complaints about rodents, which climbed even to the upper floors of skyscrapers, and since 2014, the number of rats has increased by as much as 55%.
The data came from Rent Hop, an apartment rental service that reported that in 2017 alone, there were 50,963 complaints of rats in Chicago.
In terms of the number of complaints about rats, Chicago was by a huge margin (50,963 versus 19,152) ahead of New York, whose population was 3 times that of Chicago and which came in second place. The third was Washington, followed by Boston.
The most rat-infested areas of Chicago where rodent fighters were most often called were Logan Square, Englewood and West Ridge. It was also found that for every 100,000 Chicago residents, there are 1,876.09 complaints of rats.
Rats are very intelligent animals and are extremely adept at adapting to any conditions of life. There seems to be virtually no material for them. which they could not eat. They even gnaw on concrete and rubber.
In addition, the grievance scoring system noted that the areas with the most complaints about rats are the same areas with the most complaints about uncleaned dog poop. Whether rats are attracted to these excrements is an open question.
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Officially, the factors for the increase in rats in Chicago are the big problem with litter and the abundance of houses easily accessible to rodents.
