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Nation's bedbug capital is no longer Chicago, Orkin says
Chicago Tribune ^ | January 3, 2017 | By Becky Yerak

Posted on 01/03/2017 7:20:23 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee

Some good news for Chicago: It's no longer the bedbug capital of the nation.

In its annual ranking, released Tuesday, pest-control services provider Orkin said Baltimore tops its annual list of the top 50 cities for bed bugs. Chicago had been the center of bedbug action for four straight years.

The list is based on data from the metro areas where Orkin performed the most bed bug treatments, both residential and commercial, from Dec. 1, 2015, to Nov. 30, 2016.

Chicago ranked third this year. Baltimore moved up nine slots to No. 1, marking the first time it has made the top five. Rounding out the top handful were Washington, D.C., New York and Columbus, Ohio.

Rising from their bedbug slumbers and making the list for the first time were Las Vegas, Portland, Ore., Salt Lake City and Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, N.C. . .

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; US: Illinois; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: baltimore; bedbugs; chicago; freakstate; orkin
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1 posted on 01/03/2017 7:20:23 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Roaches?


2 posted on 01/03/2017 7:23:32 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Let me guess, Chicago is now somewhere around 700 points lower in the statistics than they were last year.


3 posted on 01/03/2017 7:24:17 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Recall John McCain. NOW, before he gets us in WWIII.)
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To: DoughtyOne

762 lower.


4 posted on 01/03/2017 7:31:26 PM PST by Carriage Hill ( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Just stats from Orkin.....maybe Chicagoans switched to Cooks?


5 posted on 01/03/2017 7:31:35 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: carriage_hill

Thanks...

LOL


6 posted on 01/03/2017 7:32:10 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Recall John McCain. NOW, before he gets us in WWIII.)
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To: DoughtyOne

All heavy refugee locations.


7 posted on 01/03/2017 7:34:42 PM PST by inchworm
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To: DoughtyOne

Bed Bugs just got tired if being shot at and left.


8 posted on 01/03/2017 7:35:43 PM PST by TheShaz
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Roaches?"

Worse. Democrats.

9 posted on 01/03/2017 7:36:45 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: inchworm

Oh, hadn’t thought of that.


10 posted on 01/03/2017 7:41:47 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Recall John McCain. NOW, before he gets us in WWIII.)
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To: DoughtyOne

These are the cities where treatment was sought. Would I not be wrong to think that the cities with the worst problems might not be seeking treatment?


11 posted on 01/03/2017 7:43:14 PM PST by ThomasThomas (Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.)
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To: TheShaz

Well, they weren’t getting the headlines anyway. Who could blame them? “:^)


12 posted on 01/03/2017 7:44:22 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Recall John McCain. NOW, before he gets us in WWIII.)
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To: ThomasThomas

Those types of thoughts aren’t unreasoned. You may be one to something there.


13 posted on 01/03/2017 7:45:22 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Recall John McCain. NOW, before he gets us in WWIII.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee


14 posted on 01/03/2017 7:46:43 PM PST by ETL (On the road to America's recovery!)
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To: Brad from Tennessee; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...

Baltimore: We’re #1!

Maryland “Freak State” PING!


15 posted on 01/03/2017 7:49:19 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Hey, New Delhi! What the hell were you thinking???)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
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16 posted on 01/03/2017 7:51:31 PM PST by ETL (On the road to America's recovery!)
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17 posted on 01/03/2017 7:54:34 PM PST by ETL (On the road to America's recovery!)
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18 posted on 01/03/2017 7:58:24 PM PST by ETL (On the road to America's recovery!)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Spakum...


19 posted on 01/03/2017 8:38:05 PM PST by null and void (If you defy federal law, we deny federal funds.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
Where does your city rank? Orkin releases annual list of top 50 cities infested by bed bugs
20 posted on 01/03/2017 8:51:09 PM PST by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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