pixel_of_moral_decay t1_j4cddvc wrote
I'm sure it's common, however I'm skeptical NYC is actually number 2. Bed bugs have a strong correlation with poverty/density ratios and NYC isn't close to the top there. Bed bugs can travel from unit to unit, people forget that. NYC has poverty/density. But not nearly as much as some other cities have.
NYC however does have a lot of landlord/tenant disputes, and a fun way to fuck with your landlord is to claim you have bedbugs and make the landlord pay for extermination just to make your occupancy more of a financial burden (and sometimes to just get your landlord more willing to let you break lease with no financial repercussions). It's a thing people do in NYC. And Orkin has contracts with lots of management companies so it makes sense that would result in this list.
NYC is likely more towards the middle of the pack.
koreamax t1_j4clch4 wrote
It's based on raw numbers and isn't proportional, so it's really a surprise it isn't number 1
PM-Nice-Thoughts t1_j4dhj6j wrote
Chicago must be a shit show if they have more than us despite the massive population difference
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