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If you thought the only things invading Los Angeles were tourists,<\/a> traffic<\/a> and aspiring actors and singers, think again. The city of Angels has just won a new \u201caccolade\u201d that place the city in the top spot of a not so glamorous ranking. <\/strong><\/p>\n According to a recent report from Yelp, <\/a> L.A. is now officially America\u2019s #1 city for rodent-related searches.<\/strong> The city of stars is also the city of rats! And they\u2019re not exactly booking a hotel for a short stay,<\/a> it all points to these annoying little animals moving to people basements for good\u2026<\/p>\n As the report states, the demand for pest control has spiked nationwide, with a 21% increase in searches for \u201crodent\u201d services<\/strong> over the past year. October seems to be when rodents go on their own little Halloween<\/a> crawl, sneaking into garages, attics, and under baseboards as the weather cools. <\/p>\n Los Angeles takes the top spot thanks to its dense neighborhoods and dry conditions pushing critters closer to human food sources. While San Francisco comes in second,<\/strong> where older buildings and tight city layouts give rats and mice plenty of cozy hiding spots. New York City, unsurprisingly, lands at #3,<\/strong> still holding strong as a rodent mecca with its subways,<\/a> trash, and even a Rat Czar program.<\/p>\n Experts recommend staying proactive by sealing cracks, keeping food stored securely,<\/strong> so you don\u2019t inadvertently give rodents a free buffet. That way, prevention not only will save your health but also your wallet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Photo by Olenka Kotyk on Unsplash | Photo by Joshua J. Cotten on Unsplash Save If you…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":336361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-336360","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115446967958285972","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Infestation-Index\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1-\u2014-Infestation-Index-4-1-966x1024-1.png\")
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