Bedbugs are a real bitch in the 'burbs

After reading a post on MPR's News Cut, I might rethink the phrase "Sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite."

Bedbugs are such a tremendous problem that the EPA is holding a summit on the tiny, blood-sucking critters in Washington, DC. Hopefully we know to be wary of the cleanliness of certain motels. I tend to stay far away from the roadside variety that look like a great place to hook up with your latest Craigslist casual encounter or to dice up an enemy but even the cleanest appearing suites are sometimes infested.

Check out The Bedbug Registry and poke around some. Here's some excerpts from places in the Twin Cities reported to have bedbugs...

620 Gorman St
Shakopee, MN 55379-2609
I noticed a really ugly rash appearing on me sometime in August 2008... We also kept noticing blood and black/brown little stains on the sheet too... they are bad in third world countries which makes sense for the Hunter's Ridge Apts where we live... furniture in the garbage frequently too - of which other residents scavenge and bring back inside...

Holiday Inn Express Minneapolis Dwtn (Conv Ctr)
225 S 11th Ave, #55403
Minneapolis, MN 55415-1218
I observed a bug in my bed... had my home exterminated twice, purchased the mattress covers and am still living out of plastic bags... live in central South Dakota, so you see, even 5 or 600 miles away, word travels fast.

2525 Harriet Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55405-3456
...then he found the bugs... very gross and freaked me out... the property is owned by persaud properties and they refused to do any work to fix the problem, a real slum lord.

So that led me to ponder what the most disgusting thing is that you have ever found in an apartment or hotel room? My worst was a whole shit-ton of moth balls in the bottom of a closet. The smell never left. Thankfully I've never had bug infestations outside of two mice in a suburban Minneapolis apartment.

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