NYC isn't #1 for the 'rattiest city'!
Chicago has been rated number one on Orkin’s Top 50 Rattiest Cities List for the seventh straight year. Cleveland has taken the tenth spot this year, which is new for the city. Our own New York is placed at number 3! The rankings for the cities go off of rodent treatments performers from September 15, 2020 - September 15, 2021. The rankings of the cities include residential and commercial treatments of pests!
Here is the list below:
1. Chicago
2. Los Angeles
3. New York
4. Washington, D.C.
5. San Francisco
6. Baltimore (+2)
7. Philadelphia
8. Detroit (-2)
9. Denver
10. Cleveland, Oh. (+1)
11. Seattle (+1)
12. Minneapolis (-2)
13. Boston
14. Indianapolis (+1)
15. Atlanta (-1)
16. Pittsburgh (+2)
17. San Diego (+2)
18. Houston (-1)
19. Cincinnati (+3)
20. Dallas (-4)
21. Hartford, Conn. (+6)
22. Milwaukee (+2)
23. Miami (-3)
24. Portland, Or. (-1)
25. Kansas City (+5)
26. Columbus, Oh. (+2)
27. Norfolk, Va. (-2)
28. Richmond, Va. (+5)
29. Sacramento (+7)
30. St. Louis (+7)
31. Albany, New York (+7)
32. Grand Rapids (-3)
33. New Orleans (-12)
34. Flint, Mich. (+8)
35. Raleigh, N.C. (-9)
36. Nashville (-2)
37. Champaign, Ill. (+2)
38. Portland, Me. (+26)
39. Burlington, Va. (+8)
40. Louisville, Ky. (+13)
41. Buffalo, New York
42. Charlotte (-11)
43. Phoenix (-11)
44. Greenville, S.C. (-9)
45. Green Bay
46. Syracuse (-2)
47. Charleston, W.V. (+4)
48. Dayton (+1)
49. Albuquerque (-1)
50. Tampa (-9)