> The recurring leak might not be the author's fault, but the... roaches in the kitchen definitely are
"Definitely"? A unit can look clean after treatment while still being mid-cycle. Rent it during that window and the roaches come back through no fault of the tenant.
It wouldn't even be that crazy to postulate the life-cycle of a roach could track the 2-Year Apartment Rule (minus any residual effects of the extermination).
I don’t know how you get a moral judgement out of this article. That's misdirected blame. It pressures tenants into staying quiet or spraying their own units for a building-level problem.
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From this article on the American Cockroach https://www.canr.msu.edu/resources/american-cockroach
> Development to adult averages about 15 months, varying between 9-1/2 to 20 months.
> Buildings with multiple dwellings usually require the treatment of each unit.
This pretty much contradicts blaming the tenant and the roach development aligns with the 2-Year Apartment Rule. It says apartments usually require each unit to be treated. That means no single tenant can do that. That makes it a building-level infestation by definition.
"Definitely"? A unit can look clean after treatment while still being mid-cycle. Rent it during that window and the roaches come back through no fault of the tenant.
It wouldn't even be that crazy to postulate the life-cycle of a roach could track the 2-Year Apartment Rule (minus any residual effects of the extermination).
I don’t know how you get a moral judgement out of this article. That's misdirected blame. It pressures tenants into staying quiet or spraying their own units for a building-level problem.
edit:
From this article on the American Cockroach https://www.canr.msu.edu/resources/american-cockroach
> Development to adult averages about 15 months, varying between 9-1/2 to 20 months.
> Buildings with multiple dwellings usually require the treatment of each unit.
This pretty much contradicts blaming the tenant and the roach development aligns with the 2-Year Apartment Rule. It says apartments usually require each unit to be treated. That means no single tenant can do that. That makes it a building-level infestation by definition.