Damn!!! New York beats Philadelphia again. This is worse than losing to the Yankees in the World Series. Here’s a message for all New Yoorkers from Philadelphia: BITE ME!!!
NYC Nation’s Most Bedbug-Infested City: Study
New York City fielded 11,000 complaints last year, according to city officials
Updated 12:16 PM EDT, Tue, Aug 24, 2010
Here’s a No. 1 we don’t want to be.
New York City has scratched its way to the top of a list of the nation’s 15 most bedbug-infested cities, according to a new report from a leading pest control company. Philadelphia and Detroit round out the top three.
Terminix is releasing its report Tuesday, basing it on an analysis of call volume to 350 service centers the Memphis, Tenn.-based company has throughout the country. New York City fielded 11,000 complaints about bedbugs last year.
Ohio has three cities in the top 10 — Cincinnati is fourth, Columbus is seventh and Dayton is eighth.
Bedbugs can be found in mattresses, furniture and clothing, and they feed off animal and human blood. Insect scientists say bedbugs are appearing on a scale not seen since before World War II, when they were nearly eradicated. Increasing international travel and other factors, however, have allowed these pests to regain a foothold in the U.S., and high-traffic areas such as hotels, airplanes and cruise ships are especially prone to infestations, Terminiz says.
The creepy crawlers have invaded practically every area of New York City, most recently making their way into the basement of the Empire State building and into two Manhattan movie theaters. Several clothing stores have had to close, including Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister, and employees of the high-fashion glossy Elle had to work from home while their office got treated.
The bed bug outbreak has many New Yorkers concerned — and wondering where to go to help should they be struck. The city says tenants whose landlords do not promptly respond to bed bug complaints can call 311 and file a complaint with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, and may also hire their own professionals.
Here’s a roundup of useful links and tips to help keep your posessions safe or to deal with an outbreak if the bugs come after you.
“It’s no surprise that highly trafficked cities such as New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles are on the list,” said Paul Curtis, entomologist for Terminix. “It’s the bedbug problems in cities like Dayton and Louisville that prove bedbugs are back and can pop up anywhere. The bedbug problems in these cities outpace markets of far greater size despite their having a fraction of the population and typically fewer travelers and hotels.”
Kill Bill says:
yankees and bedbugs.
perfect companions,
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24th August 2010 at 2:53 pm
Hucklebuck says:
I thought all we had to do was sleep tight and there’d be no problem.
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24th August 2010 at 4:48 pm
Goldorack says:
here’s a proof that Al Qaeda still try to destroy NY. Iran must be turned in a parking place, and N.Korea with it because they looked at US funny.
send immediatly Colin Powell at the UN show a sample of bedbugs
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24th August 2010 at 4:54 pm
StuckInNJ says:
Goldorack, you need to stick to selling heat pumps up there in Sweden, and leave the commentary to adults. You should introduce yourself to Apollo here on TBP … you two America -haters should get along just fine. /sarcasm:on/ I see your English has improved markedly these past several months. /sarcasm:off/
Jim, judging by the number of times Philly players scratch their nuts while standing at home plate, I’d have to conclude Philly has an even worse problem than mere bed bugs.
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24th August 2010 at 5:35 pm
Smokey says:
Goldopussy—Where have you been? Please become a regular here, as I love to bash socialists on this site, and your insanely stupid comments always provide a huge target. Eat shit.
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24th August 2010 at 6:04 pm
matt says:
Biting a New Yorker? What a rotten diet, even for a bedbug
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24th August 2010 at 6:40 pm
Administrator says:
Stuck
Do you think your $200 million roster can hold off the Devil Rays?
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24th August 2010 at 8:20 pm
Administrator says:
There are only 11,000 blood suckers in NYC of the bedbug variety. There are another 100,000 bloodsuckers on Wall Street.
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24th August 2010 at 8:23 pm
30 blocks or bed bugs says:
i bet the 30 blocks of bed bugs in philly is letting new yorkers know they will have competition for that number one spot.
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24th August 2010 at 9:35 pm
Yojimbo says:
There is one cause for bed bugs that we rarely hear about when stories like this are reported, and this cause must to some degree be valid – illegal immigration.
Imagine all the desperately poor peasant immigrants who enter the US though our southern border. I’m sure that bed bugs are a commonplace insect for many of them. Doesn’t it make sense that some of them might bring these insects in their belongings? And since they avoid the proper process of immigration, there is no screening for diseases and parasites.
Of course these insects are showing up in cities that illegal aliens flock to. And yet this is rarely mentioned or discussed in these stories…
I offer my humblest apologies to Jim for my last post, which was poorly received, and rightly so. The responses to it were well made and I appreciate the corrections from Smokey et al.
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24th August 2010 at 5:01 am
Administrator says:
Yojimbo
You are the 1st person to ever apologize on TBP. Don’t let it happen again. If you think you might be wrong, just use fouler langauge. It works for me. If that fails, post pictures of dead children.
Is it true that the bedbug is the national bird of Mexico?
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24th August 2010 at 8:38 am