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Old 01-27-2010, 07:32 PM
 
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Top 10 Worst Cities For Rats in 2009 : The Real Estate Bloggers

apparently we were on the list last year, so el paso is sweaty,cant read, has the ugliset guys and had a rat problem last year WOW!
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Old 01-27-2010, 08:13 PM
 
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Top 10 Worst Cities For Rats in 2009 : The Real Estate Bloggers

apparently we were on the list last year, so el paso is sweaty,cant read, has the ugliset guys and had a rat problem last year WOW!
I grew up there, and never in those years did I see a rat. I did see mice though, living in a rock wall of all places!
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Old 01-27-2010, 08:15 PM
 
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Rats, I've only seen rats outside El Paso city limits.
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Old 01-27-2010, 09:35 PM
 
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Even outside city limits, you don't see rats, maybe muskrats but not rats.
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Old 01-27-2010, 10:05 PM
 
Location: 3rd rock from the sun
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The d-Con ranking is based on a "predictive model" of risk - not actual reports of rat problems. One factor is records of rodenticide sales but some of these purchases wind up in Juarez - not that I've seen a problem there - just mice and gigantor roaches.

http://www.d-conproducts.com/pdfs/pdf-rodent-rpt.pdf
"In 2007, rodent experts Dr. Bruce Colvin and Dale Kaukeinen developed a predictive approach to assessing risk from rodent populations based on multiple environmental variables. In that peer-reviewed and published study, statistics from some 30 major U.S. cities were evaluated with regard to their potential to contribute to pest rodent problems. That study used data from the US Census Bureau and other national sources to compare the size, density and age of cities, their relative levels of disadvantaged residents, the amount of city revenue and money spent on infrastructure such as streets and highways, sewerage, solid waste management, structures, and utilities. Records of rodenticide sales also were considered, as were climatic factors such as rainfall and sunshine that can affect rodent populations"
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Old 01-27-2010, 10:34 PM
 
Location: Glory Road - El Paso, Texas (R.O)
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I also have never seen a rat.
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Old 01-27-2010, 11:24 PM
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Location: Paradise
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Same here - never seen a rat in the 40 years I've lived here.
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Old 01-28-2010, 02:11 PM
 
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wow interesting .... i've never seen a rat here
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Old 01-28-2010, 02:57 PM
 
Location: Albuquerque
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And then the teacher said, "Can someone tell me a word that starts with 'R'?" And Johnny says, "Rat..."
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Old 01-28-2010, 05:57 PM
 
Location: el paso tx.
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I also have never seen any rats here.
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