Posted on 07/20/2018 5:56:13 PM PDT by McGruff
A new study names Chicago the rat capital of the U.S.
According to a study by the apartment search service “Rent Hop,” the city received 50,963 rat complaints last year – more than any other city in the country.
New York came in a distant second place, followed by Washington, D.C., and Boston.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicago.cbslocal.com ...
LOL - You don’t say?
more rats to come...note the locations of the other Unis mentioned:
28 Feb: UIC forms partnership with Central Intelligence Agency
The University of Illinois at Chicago has launched a new partnership with the Central Intelligence Agency that will enhance student career opportunities at the university, officials recently announced...
The agreement “will establish a solid partnership between UIC and the CIA and provide our students a greater breadth of career opportunities,” said UIC Chancellor Michael Amiridis. “The Signature School Program will provide UIC students with direct access to careers and internships within the agency for many years to come. It’s a win-win situation for both of us.”...
“The CIA is committed to building a diverse workforce that has a broad range of ethnic and cultural backgrounds, language expertise, and educational and life experiences to ensure diversity of thought and the ability to operate effectively worldwide,” said Maja Lehnus, the CIA’s associate director for talent.
Some of the examples of the collaboration of the Signature School Program include...ETC
Currently, three schools are formally recognized as CIA signature schools: Baruch College of the City University of New York, the University of New Mexico and Florida International University...
https://today.uic.edu/uic-forms-partnership-with-central-intelligence-agency
I have a healthy respect for Sewer Rats, not the Rats running the City.
Would have been great if they were cited when they were sighted at the site.
As long as they give each rat $500, they would probably leave.
I saw those Asian wharf rats. Holy crap, they were as big as dogs.
I guess that is one step up from SF .... the feces capital!
Atlanta area here. I saw on local CBS affiliate Atlanta ranked #14 in rat population. (You can insert the snark here:____)
Anyway... don’t know if it’s here, but they showed a dog club full of terrier owners that go out at night and turn the dogs loose to do what they’re genetically programmed to do...destroy vermin. I don’t think there’s anything more delightful than seeing a dog fully engaged and enjoying a given job. Total focus.
I'm partially to the first Vinnie Price one, myself (Can't remember if it was "Escape" or "Suspense", but there are a handful of versions.
Worse yet, the ‘flees’ from all those rats carry the Obamic Plague.
Jokes write themselves, dont they?
Even worse than New York City?
Chicago must be really bad, especially since New York has over twice the human population of Chicago.
Roger that
The EPA said that dry ice was not approved for use as a pesticide, so the city stopped.
Fedzilla strikes again.
Rat or ‘Rat?
There’s a difference?
The entrance way was though a gigantic Tigers mouth. The "Tiger Bar" was mostly frequented by merchant marine sailors, and occasionally some dumb ass ASA guys who were slumming more than usual.
The Rats were almost pets, having distinct personalities. Some of them even responded to the names they'd been given.
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