[ChrisMarshallNY]

> roaches in the kitchen definitely are

I used to live in a nice apartment in downtown Baltimore. It was a first-story rowhouse in Charles Village (a nice area, back in the 1980s).

It had roaches. Every building, for miles around, had them.

I used to put out lines of borax, and the little bastards took out straws, and snorted them.

I guess maybe new buildings, get a grace period, but roaches are impressive little beasties.

[yardie]

Roaches in a clean, maintained apartment means there is a problem elsewhere in the building. We had a small infestation. And no matter how many times we called the exterminator they kept coming back. Found out one of our neighbors was a hoarder. He passed away, they deep cleaned the apartment, and the roach problem stopped right away. Roaches still need to feed and breed. Once you take that away no more roaches.

[ChrisMarshallNY]

I guess it depends on where you live.

Baltimore is a tough town. The roaches have a reputation to maintain.

[tartoran]

Do you actually believe roaches in Baltimore have evolved in a different way or is it the locale?

[redwood]

The point is in a high density urban environment it's the neighborhood not just your specific building and in some places it's not realistic to imagine the entire neighborhood to be thoroughly clean.

New York City is certainly a good case in point with the city's massive amount of garbage placed on the sidewalk once a week

[ChrisMarshallNY]

It’s a joke.

Nevermind.