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Efficient_Art_1144 t1_j4lrno0 wrote

They gotta get the turkeys to develop a taste for rat flesh. Problem solved

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Ihavecometochewbbgum t1_j4lt1gq wrote

Also regular Tuesday in the entire state. Boston is filled with rats, they are everywhere

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mpjjpm t1_j4lvntm wrote

Surprisingly, rats don’t actually care how much money humans earn or pay for their housing. The rat problem around Coolidge Corner is as bad as I ever saw when I lived in Brighton. Lots of restaurants = lots of rats.

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charons-voyage t1_j4lwuv5 wrote

Replying to 3720-To-One (#1,377,475)

How is this a NIMBY issue lol? Rats are pests and carry disease. If there is a rodent issue, the community should want it dealt with. This might be a little “whiny” (like, yeah, you live in a dense area with restaurants, there are gonna be rats), but it’s not NIMBY

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3720-To-One OP t1_j4m0rj1 wrote

Replying to charons-voyage (#1,377,503)

I mean, you live in a dense urban area with lots of restaurants. You are going to see rats, it’s a fact of life.

Calling it a “rat crisis” because there are a few rats, is a bit hyperbolic.

It would be like living on Nantucket and complaining about seagulls.

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michael_scarn_21 t1_j4m3hw1 wrote

Imagine the horror if the person who made this poster visited Allston.

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3720-To-One OP t1_j4m8ava wrote

Replying to charons-voyage (#1,377,688)

The person who whines about a “rat crisis” in Brookline, is probably the same kind of person who whines about “neighborhood character” and a whole bunch of other NIMBY bullshit whenever there’s any sort of medium density construction proposal.

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BonesIIX t1_j4me34v wrote

Peak r/Boston post and commentary.

Let's dunk on Brookline and call them NIMBYs for no reason because some of them are experiencing new rat infestations.

From an awareness pov, I don't see this as an issue. I'm sure a bunch of people saw these signs and were like "I knew it wasn't just me".

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Potential_Category49 t1_j4mfwgj wrote

Did they intentionally choose a psychedelic watercolor background for the top rat or is that just the ink running Pretty cool either way

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Majestic_Electric t1_j4mgrdl wrote

Welcome to city-life. 😛

I, for one, would like to NOT indirectly poison raptors and coyotes, thank you very much.

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karma_ubuntu t1_j4mgsmf wrote

Brookline Rats sound like a great name for a soccer team.

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misterflappypants t1_j4mi5qe wrote

Brookline rats are way more rare & collectible than Allston rats

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Haptiix t1_j4mj3u6 wrote

Title gave me a hearty chuckle thank you OP

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You-Only-YOLO_Once t1_j4mjtlj wrote

That email address is longer than whatever message I’d type to them

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abhikavi t1_j4mqmhr wrote

Replying to 3720-To-One (#1,377,661)

I don't think anyone is expecting zero rats.

I don't live in Brookline, but I've definitely heard about the rat problem and it sounds like a hell of a lot more than "just a few".

Rats being a problem in urban areas has got to be one of THE most common issues though all of human history. They're disease-carrying pests. It does require mitigation.

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jwlkr0 t1_j4mr2ur wrote

Everyone knows the Brookline Turkey Mafia is behind this crisis. Just pay them already!!

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Buffyoh t1_j4msm87 wrote

WHAT? The rats were so rude as to not turn around at the Town Line and return to Boston? Why the nerve!

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blizzacane85 t1_j4mtiex wrote

Call Charlie Kelly from Philadelphia to take care of the rat problem

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swap_catz t1_j4mvxnv wrote

I wonder if there are rat hunting packs here in Boston. This seems to be a great workout for Rat Terriers and other hunting breeds and seems to be becoming a thing in other cities. The dogs also seem to have a good time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL0x5oBFC1w

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datpiffss t1_j4n3e0p wrote

Replying to DoctorPepster (#1,379,627)

Once tried to make the thanksgiving turkey with a Dutch oven. Lost my girlfriend, dog, the respect of my family… but most of all, I lost my original gotta catch ‘em all bedsheets due to grease stains.

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troiscanons t1_j4n3tsl wrote

Replying to random12356622 (#1,379,083)

I live in Amsterdam. Those things are cool. There are also still rats everywhere.

Also, trash collection for private homes involves just putting your bags out on the curb, no bins, a system which keeps the mice and rats very happy.

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MaruDramaMon t1_j4nakru wrote

We need CATS, period. A local colony of cats taken care by the community would do the job!

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LiamW t1_j4ni4gd wrote

Having moved back recently it’s especially apparent there’s a problem.

I grew up downtown near the North end and would see rats somewhat regularly at night in Chinatown and the North End. But not even once a week.

Since moving back, I see them every night I walk my dog, and also in broad daylight once a week.

This is 10-20x as frequent as when I grew up here and walked my dogs at night.

Boston needs to get trash under control, as it’s the most likely culprit given that I see overflowing trash bins all over the city now.

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AstroBuck t1_j4nj8zq wrote

I mean, I don't think that's anything worth bragging about

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Aramyth t1_j4ntux2 wrote

Rats don't like peppermint. Peppermint oil diluted with water and spray the perimeter of your house / entrances. And in the summer you can plant peppermint plants.

Doesn't help your dirty neighbours who are messy buggers though.

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aDangOlePolecat t1_j4nu6b0 wrote

I see a minimum of 2 rats a day in Allston, but also a bunch of squirrels rabbits and the occasional turkey which is pretty neat.

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Remarkable_Signal_78 t1_j4nz8so wrote

Back in the early 2000’s we all said that rats transformed into squirrels when they crossed the Allston/Brookline line.

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chevalier716 t1_j4o4ayh wrote

My bud had a place near Harry's in Allston, we used to count the rats running to and from the landlord's shed while we were grilling and having beers. They were coming from the restaurants in the area.

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fordag t1_j4o6oo6 wrote

Where in Brookline is this supposed "rat crisis"?

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higherhopez t1_j4o75cw wrote

Replying to Otterfan (#1,380,549)

Oh, there were. I lived in the Fenway area back in 2005 and we had RATS. They would come out from the radiator and climb the Venetian blinds to get to our hanging plants. Once they were done feasting on the roots, they’d dive-bomb back down to the floor and scurry back into the radiator.

We had rats.

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fordag t1_j4o7nvy wrote

Years ago I lived in Lynn, I used to think it was weird that there were so many "opossums" around, till I saw one up close.

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Mattressexual t1_j4o7ut0 wrote

There might be less rats if trash was put in bins instead of just a pile of bags dumped on the ground on the street. I'm looking at you, Green St.

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SilentSakura t1_j4o7zl4 wrote

My ex lives in Brookline , she is a big rat … huge reward .

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Fragahah t1_j4o8glm wrote

No overnight parking in your town, RELEASE THE RATS!

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Exciting-Ant4077 t1_j4o8o67 wrote

There will always be rats anywhere that humans live in close proximity to each other. Heck, I've even seen rats in rural areas.

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Phat_Irish t1_j4ofph3 wrote

Kind of an ignorant caption if you ask me.

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allchattesaregrey t1_j4oimpa wrote

Maybe it is that I have a cat but I have never had a real issue with rats in Allston. Not only are they not in or around my apartment but I don’t see them often either. Maybe I am just not looking.

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K_Kilo1984 t1_j4ojlow wrote

Try to go to Cambridge McDonald’s at night… from the park to the restaurant is packed of rats

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Mu5tBTru3Redd1t t1_j4pdeau wrote

Bwahaha this has been like this for 10 years at least. Don’t book holiday inn Brookline first floor… lol and don’t rent a basement apt.

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CamNewtonJr t1_j4pfrdp wrote

Replying to Otterfan (#1,380,549)

It just feels worse because the rats migrated when we had the lockdown and all the restaurants closed. Pre-covid, the rat pop lives in areas that had high concentrations of businesses, mainly restaurants, so they could eat the trash dumped behind the business. So you couldn't walk through back bay, the downtown area, fenway, allston, or parts of Cambridge without seeing huge rats. During the lockdown, we stayed home and as a result our trash stayed home with us. So the rats moved to our neighborhoods because that's where the food was

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Mnemon-TORreport t1_j4pts94 wrote

The most concerning thing about this flyer is that flipping email address.

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crispr-dev t1_j4q6mgw wrote

What’s the ecological effect if we just eliminated them?

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IDCFFSGTFO t1_j4q9ngj wrote

Replying to CamNewtonJr (#1,384,643)

Yeah I'm saying cats can't be unbalancing the food chain as "invasive species" too much because they're down there on the prey scale with the squirrels, rabbits, and other small rodents like mice.

Except cats aren't nearly as capable or inclined to find cover and move from cover to cover like you see rabbits and mice do. And really the near-ubiquity of (particularly) rabbits and such these days, with the noticable corresponding surge of large predator birds in the area, demonstrates the point.

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Commercial_Board6680 t1_j4qdjvw wrote

Expecting municipalities to correct human behavior - yes, human behavior, because that's what attracts rats - is a foolish and costly endeavor. Stop being lazy, stupid, wasteful, assholes and the rats will decrease their population on their own. We have rats due to filthy human behavior. Change that and the problem will significantly decrease.

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PerformanceExact6618 t1_j4qmrxn wrote

Can only imagine the 911 calls from Brookline residents demanding the police take care of this issue.

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thegalwayseoige t1_j4qp6r0 wrote

Rats have moved into BROOKLINE?

…today I learned that rats have a better credit score than I do.

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