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by hbn 568 days ago
I've lived in Saskatchewan my whole life where we don't have this law and I can't say I've seen a lot of rats in my life. Maybe if you work in unhygienic restaurant kitchens, or on a farm you might see them more. But in the city, it's not a thing I can ever remember encountering.
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If you're in Saskatchewan and you see rats you call Alberta. They'll come by and get rid of them for you.
I laughed so so hard when Ratatouille came out and had this little extra feature on the DVD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=-2xD9ShhMZU

Also another SK HNer checking in!

Been seeing them more frequently in Montreal, apparently the city banned some specific poisons used to control the population so we end up with fun videos like this: https://old.reddit.com/r/montreal/comments/x5cnu6/sweet_old_...
You'll see vast numbers of rats any night in downtown Seattle or San Francisco.
I lived in both for more than a decade. I only remember seeing a mouse sized rat once in Seattle. Never saw one in SF.

I live in NYC now and see multiple on a daily basis. Exposure therapy helps, but barely. It still scares the shit out of me a few years in.

I'm also from Saskatchewan, cheers

    And it's a ho, hi
    Farmers bar your doors
    When you see the Jolly Roger
    on Regina's mighty shores
XD
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There are dozens of us!
I saw you all at the last Stamps v. RR game, wearing watermelons on your heads!