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Originally Posted by CaliNative
Does San Francisco have any kind of a pest problem? Do you get the little black Argentine ants like we do in SoCal sometimes--they are really annoying? Mice, rats, roaches, pigeons? Union Square & the Civic Square used to be loaded with pigeons, but some people like them.
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You know, I live on the 5th and 6th floors of my building and I rarely if ever see the sort of pest like ants that crawl in from outside. What I get are things I bring in, usually from the grocery store, like the weevils I described above or roaches which can sometimes also hitch hike on purchased food.
We do have some flying insects including common house flies but they aren't that big a problem. Many people don't have window screens.
Yes, the pigeons are a scourge and there are businesses that do very well "pigeon-proofing" buildings (including mine) but the resurgence of Peregrine Falcons and a few other birds of prey adapted to city life is helping.
Peregrine flying past Alcatraz
https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/11/...three-decades/
And yes, we have rats the size of racoons that you see especially in below-grade holes where buildings have been demo'd but the foundations left pending new development. But I have seen them in alleys and almost anywhere there is a food source, usually at night.