From wisebrother.com:
"Rats have been a bigger problem during the pandemic, because so many restaurants closed down . . . and all those dumpster-diving rats had to go find food. So exterminators have had a very big year-and-a-half.
Orkin just put out their annual list of the RATTIEST cities in America. They do it by looking at how many people have needed an exterminator in the last year. And for the seventh year in a row, CHICAGO is #1. Here are the top ten . . .
1. Chicago.
2. Los Angeles.
3. New York.
4. Washington, D.C.
5. San Francisco.
6. Baltimore. Up two spots from last year.
7. Philadelphia.
8. Detroit. Down two spots from a year ago.
9. Denver.
10. Cleveland. The biggest mover this year was Portland, Maine. It didn't even make the top 50 last year, but jumped up 26 spots to #38. Louisville, Kentucky also jumped 13 spots to #40. "