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    These are America’s most rodent-infested cities. 7 are in Florida

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    Pest-control company Terminix has released its list of the 50 most rodent-infested cities in the U.S., and six Florida cities managed to find a place on it.

    According to the company, the list was concocted using data from over 300 Terminix branches from across the country.

    More specifically, the list considers which cities had residents using rodent control services most often last year.

    The top-ranked cities on the list were New York City (No. 1), the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metro area (No. 2), and Los Angeles (No. 3). However, six cities on the list are located in Florida.

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    Within the Sunshine State, Tampa-St. Petersburg placed highest at No. 17, and the Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne metro area came in just behind at No. 18.

    Meanwhile, Miami-Fort Lauderdale placed a few spots down at No. 22, and West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce took the No. 42 spot toward the bottom of the ranking. And along with Mobile in Alabama, Florida’s panhandle city Pensacola was ranked No. 44.

    Lastly, Fort Myers-Naples placed No. 48, and Jacksonville earned the lowest rank on the list at No. 50.

    According to Terminix, signs of rodents living in a home can include small droppings found in the back of drawers and cabinets, chewed wires or floor molding, holes and gnaw marks on food packaging, urine stains in the corners of shelves, and scratching in the walls.

    To prevent rodents living in your home, Terminix suggests the following measures:

    • Seal possible entry points, such as cracks and openings near doors, windows and foundations.

    • Store food in airtight containers.

    • Keep living spaces clean and remove crumbs.

    • Regularly dispose of garbage in tightly sealed bins.

    • Organize cluttered storage areas to limit possible nesting sites.

    As for the rest of Terminix’s ranking, it is listed as follows:

    Rank City State
    1 New York City NY
    2 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose CA
    3 Los Angeles CA
    4 Philadelphia PA
    5 Washington, D.C. DC
    6 Chicago IL
    7 Houston TX
    8 Boston MA
    9 Dallas-Fort Worth TX
    10 Atlanta GA
    11 Baltimore MD
    12 Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto CA
    13 Denver CO
    14 Hartford-New Haven CT
    15 Cleveland-Akron OH
    16 Detroit MI
    17 Tampa-St. Petersburg FL
    18 Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne FL
    19 Indianapolis IN
    20 Pittsburgh PA
    21 Cincinnati OH
    22 Miami-Fort Lauderdale FL
    23 Memphis TN
    24 Columbus OH
    25 Palm Springs CA
    26 Seattle-Tacoma WA
    27 Nashville TN
    28 Little Rock-Pine Bluff AR
    29 San Diego CA
    30 Kansas City MO
    31 Providence-New Bedford MA
    32 Minneapolis-St. Paul MN
    33 Oklahoma City OK
    34 San Antonio TX
    35 Austin TX
    36 Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York PA
    37 St. Louis MO
    38 Louisville KY
    39 Wilkes-Barre-Scranton PA
    40 Honolulu HI
    41 Richmond-Petersburg VA
    42 West Palm Beach-Fort Pierce FL
    43 Fresno-Visalia CA
    44 Mobile-Pensacola AL/FL
    45 Monterey-Salinas CA
    46 Portland OR
    47 Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY
    48 Ft. Myers-Naples FL
    49 Birmingham AL
    50 Jacksonville FL

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