<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=01060w_0vhpYj7Z00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=01060w_0vhpYj7Z00" width="980" height="653" ><figcaption>Eric Greene</figcaption></figure><p>Raise your hands, Massachusetts. Who's a fan out there of that nasty little carrier of filth and pestilence known as the cockroach? Anyone?...Bueller?...Anyone? Nobody? Me neither.</p><p>And believe me when I tell you cockroaches are <i>EVERYWHERE</i>. Doesn't matter the living conditions or climate. I've lived all over the country and I know this: Even if you can't see them, <b>they are there</b>.</p><p>In Florida, they're called "palmetto bugs". That's just a fancy name for "cockroach". Oh, and they are HUGE. I mean palmetto bugs are GINORMOUS COCKROACHES. And I don't like them...and I never will.</p><p>Recently, <a href="https://pestgnome.com/">Pest Gnome</a>, the experts at connecting you with the best exterminators in your area, conducted a study looking into which cities in the country have the biggest roach problems.</p><p>Would you believe that a city right here in the Commonwealth made the <b>25 Roachiest Cities in America</b> list? I kid you not. Are there any budding directors out there? There's a horror movie to be made out of this, I'm telling you.</p><p>Pest Gnome compared cities across several metrics such as the share of homes with signs of cockroaches, access to pest control professionals, and the average number of extremely hot days (<b>cockroaches love heat!</b>) to come up with the results.</p><h2>Here are the 25 Roachiest Cities in America, according to Pest Gnome:</h2><ol><li>Houston, Texas</li><li>San Antonio, Texas</li><li>Tampa, Florida</li><li>Phoenix, Arizona</li><li>Las Vegas, Nevada</li><li>Miami, Florida</li><li>Atlanta, Georgia</li><li>Birmingham, Alabama</li><li>Dallas, Texas</li><li>Oklahoma City, Oklahoma</li><li>New York, New York</li><li>Richmond, Virginia</li><li>Los Angeles, California</li><li>Washington, DC</li><li>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</li><li>Baltimore, Maryland</li><li>Riverside, California</li><li>Chicago, Illinois</li><li>Minneapolis, Minnesota</li><li>San Jose, California</li><li><b>Boston, Massachusetts</b></li><li>Detroit, Michigan</li><li>San Francisco, California</li><li>Rochester, New York</li><li>Seattle, Washington</li></ol><p>I guess it's a small comfort, but at least Boston wasn't in the Top 20, or the Top 10 for that matter. Thank goodness for small favors. Take a look at the full study by visiting Pest Gnome's website <a href="https://pestgnome.com/blog/studies/roachiest-cities-in-us/">here</a>.</p><h2>LOOK: Here's where people in every state are moving to most</h2><p><a href="https://stacker.com/stories/78024/where-people-every-state-are-moving-most">Stacker</a> analyzed the Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey <a href="https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/geographic-mobility/state-to-state-migration.html">data</a> to determine the three most popular destinations for people moving out of each state.</p><h2>LOOK: The most expensive weather and climate disasters in recent decades</h2><p><a href="https://stacker.com/">Stacker</a> ranked the most expensive climate disasters by the billions since 1980 by the total cost of all damages, adjusted for inflation, based on <a href="https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/events/US/1980-2020">2021 data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)</a>. The list starts with Hurricane Sally, which caused $7.3 billion in damages in 2020, and ends with a devastating 2005 hurricane that caused $170 billion in damage and killed at least 1,833 people. Keep reading to discover the 50 of the most expensive climate disasters in recent decades in the U.S.</p><h2>LOOK: Baby names that are illegal around the world</h2><p><a href="https://stacker.com/">Stacker</a> scoured hundreds of baby name databases and news releases to curate a list of baby names that are illegal somewhere in the world, along with explanations for why they’re banned.</p></div></body>

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Massachusetts City Named One Of The Most Cockroach-Infested In U.S.

Raise your hands, Massachusetts. Who's a fan out there of that nasty little carrier of filth and pestilence known as the cockroach? Anyone?...Bueller?...Anyone? Nobody? Me neither. And believe me when I tell you cockroaches are EVERYWHERE. Doesn't matter the living conditions or climate. I've lived all over the country and...