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Who the hell has the free time to bother report rat sightings to 311.

There is an recently abandoned building down the street from me that has been taken over by rats(and people legally dumping outside of it). Those rats then sometimes nest in the vehicles parked on the street next to the building. Rats tend to chew through wiring harness. I am about to file a complaint on 311 about it.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you're being sarcastic, but the purpose of leaving the garbage bins outside is so that the garbage trucks can pick them up, as their contract stipulates that they pick up from the sidewalk and not from inside the (numerous) buildings. Even in the suburbs, residents of single-family houses typically need to bring their garbage/recycling bins to the end of their driveways. I think the only time that this isn't…

Not being sarcastic. Every other place I've been uses containers (wheeled bins, cans, dumpsters) to prevent rats and to make collection cheaper. What is the purpose of piles?

> What is the purpose of piles

We like to keep out-of-towners rattled.

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All my times visiting NYC I never saw a rat. All my life living on the river around Boston I saw them all the time. And man they were the big ones. I have added nothing to the discussion.

I was once standing outside a night club in Brooklyn, next to a construction site, when a rat came charging around the corner being chased by a cat. The rat smacked straight into my ankle and bounced off, briefly stunned. The cat also froze, trying to take in the situation. A split second later they charged down the sidewalk into the gloom.

The rat was so big my ankle hurt the rest of the night.

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