This would be nice to see the average socioeconomic status of each neighborhood. Curious if those relate.
Also, is a violation meaning a fine?
JamesDeanGoneMean on
RoPo (Rogers Park) had some real roach and rat problems. I remember Granville having some specific restaurants there a decade ago that… you could find some really friendly rodents at.
The landlords in Roger’s park are also typically rough. Being a college town area (Loyola Chicago) in the lakeside, that area is consistently rented by that demographic, and west Roger’s park is less economically stable…
Truly a neighborhood that has gone through a lot. I believe there was a serial killer roughly 5-10 years ago that killed two men in broad daylight, near Loyola beach area.
Disastrous-Year571 on
Having lived in some roach-riddled residential neighborhoods in Chicago that aren’t on the list, this ranking is more about the high number of restaurants and grocery shops in Chinatown than it is about where roaches actually live. People are more likely to call in reports if they see a roach in a food sale setting, and roaches can be discovered during routine restaurant health inspections.
Sociology rather than ecology.
SsooooOriginal on
German roaches I bet.
The little shits with the stripe down the shell.
You see one, know there are hundreds if not thousands hidden.
They double in population every two weeks.
They do no live outside because they prefer heat and humidity.
Kitchens and bathrooms.
You get them from a restaurant that financially and socially cannot tank the month shut-down process they would have to go through to properly exterminate the roaches.
Not to mention how that only stems the tide as these bugs have likely already infested surrounding buildings and the workers homes so it is only a brief delay until the restaurant gets infested again.
This is a deeper societal issue and since we are not experiencing excessive loss from it we do not prioritize and leave the problem to people bothered more than the rest.
succed32 on
Hey I’ll do you one better, in Denver they don’t even consider it a violation!
![Chicago neighborhoods ranked by cockroach violations over the past 3 years [OC]](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/kamt9tfp5pgg1-900x1536.jpeg "Chicago neighborhoods ranked by cockroach violations over the past 3 years [OC]")
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This would be nice to see the average socioeconomic status of each neighborhood. Curious if those relate.
Also, is a violation meaning a fine?
RoPo (Rogers Park) had some real roach and rat problems. I remember Granville having some specific restaurants there a decade ago that… you could find some really friendly rodents at.
The landlords in Roger’s park are also typically rough. Being a college town area (Loyola Chicago) in the lakeside, that area is consistently rented by that demographic, and west Roger’s park is less economically stable…
Truly a neighborhood that has gone through a lot. I believe there was a serial killer roughly 5-10 years ago that killed two men in broad daylight, near Loyola beach area.
Having lived in some roach-riddled residential neighborhoods in Chicago that aren’t on the list, this ranking is more about the high number of restaurants and grocery shops in Chinatown than it is about where roaches actually live. People are more likely to call in reports if they see a roach in a food sale setting, and roaches can be discovered during routine restaurant health inspections.
Sociology rather than ecology.
German roaches I bet.
The little shits with the stripe down the shell.
You see one, know there are hundreds if not thousands hidden.
They double in population every two weeks.
They do no live outside because they prefer heat and humidity.
Kitchens and bathrooms.
You get them from a restaurant that financially and socially cannot tank the month shut-down process they would have to go through to properly exterminate the roaches.
Not to mention how that only stems the tide as these bugs have likely already infested surrounding buildings and the workers homes so it is only a brief delay until the restaurant gets infested again.
This is a deeper societal issue and since we are not experiencing excessive loss from it we do not prioritize and leave the problem to people bothered more than the rest.
Hey I’ll do you one better, in Denver they don’t even consider it a violation!