On Tuesday, the pest control company Terminix released its list of the 15 most bedbug infested cities in the nation. To compile the rankings, the company used data on the number of calls received by its service centers nationwide that reported a bedbug problem.
Certainly, this is one list that no city or town wants to top, and while that distinction went to a place that has long fought a public battle with the blood-sucking insects, the appearance of four Ohio metropolises in the top 15 is a bit eye-catching. Per Terminix, here how the list shakes out.
As AOL News reported earlier this month, bedbug populations are on the rise in the U.S. since the country banned the use of DDT, which nearly eradicated the critters in the 1950s.1. New York
2. Philadelphia
3. Detroit
4. Cincinnati
5. Chicago
6. Denver
7. Columbus, Ohio
8. Dayton, Ohio
9. Washington, D.C.
10. Los Angeles
11. Boston
12. Indianapolis
13. Louisville, Ky.
14. Cleveland
15. Minneapolis