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Top 50 US Cities Riddled With BedBugs (by Orkin)

  • Ofo Ezeugwu
  • Mar 28, 2017
Mar 28, 2017 by Ofo Ezeugwu
My first and only run in with bedbugs was no joke. I stripped my bed of all the sheets and blankets, inflated my air mattress, placed it on top the bed, put a blanket on top of that, kept the lights on, and then slept in a sleeping bag on top of this self-made mountain, just so I would feel a little more comfortable at night.
Needless to say, sleep was not had. Half the night, I would spend smacking at bites and bugs that weren't there. For this reason, it didn't surprise me to learn that the biggest side-effect of bedbugs was insomnia. Until we had exterminators come out, I slept 1-2 uninterrupted hours, at most, a night. Enter Orkin, one of the most well-known pest control companies, who began releasing an annual list looking at the most bedbug-riddled cities across the US. This year, Baltimore jumped nine spots to become number one. The info was compiled by looking at their own internal data and seeing where the most cases were logged. Take a look at the list below and see where your city stacks up - then head over to Orkin to read more...  
  1. Baltimore
  2. Washington, D.C.
  3. Chicago
  4. New York
  5. Columbus, Ohio
  6. Los Angeles
  7. Detroit
  8. Cincinnati
  9. Philadelphia
  10. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
  11. Richmond-Petersburg, Va.
  12. Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
  13. Cleveland-Akron-Canton, Ohio
  14. Indianapolis
  15. Dallas-Ft. Worth
  16. Atlanta
  17. Houston
  18. Buffalo, N.Y.
  19. Charlotte, N.C.
  20. Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, Va.
  21. Knoxville, Tenn.
  22. Denver
  23. Nashville, Tenn.
  24. Pittsburgh
  25. Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C.-Asheville, N.C.
  26. Phoenix
  27. Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, Mich.
  28. Boston
  29. Milwaukee
  30. Champaign-Springfield-Decatur, Ill.
  31. Hartford-New Haven, Conn.
  32. Dayton, Ohio
  33. Omaha, Neb.
  34. Seattle-Tacoma
  35. Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla.
  36. Charleston-Huntington, W.Va.
  37. St. Louis
  38. Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Dubuque, Iowa
  39. Myrtle Beach-Florence, S.C.
  40. Syracuse, N.Y.
  41. Louisville, Ky.
  42. Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, N.C.
  43. Lexington, Ky.
  44. Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, Fla.
  45. Kansas City, Mo.
  46. Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
  47. Salt Lake City, Utah
  48. Honolulu, Hawaii
  49. Las Vegas
  50. Portland, Ore.