The joy of living in a small city
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
No traffic jams. No standing in lines. On and on and on…
But when I read this … Â it really brings the joy of living in a small city into focus.
Michael Mills, a veteran health inspector in New York City, helps create a map of the city you won’t find in any guidebook: a rat map. That’s right, a map of the New York neighborhoods that rodent populations call home.
Today, rodent complaints by residents from all over New York are electronically pinpointed on the city’s computerized rat map, which allows inspectors to track complaints and hot spots over time and determine how well rat-control efforts are working.
I’ll take the occasional skunk in the yard any day.
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