Wrigleyville’s Full Of Rats

Earlier this week, it was announced that the new outfield seats at Wrigley Field wouldn’t be ready until late May. But for Wrigleyville residents, that’s not the worst thing to come from the renovation. Since the bleachers were demolished at season’s end, everyone’s developed a bit of a rodent problem:

“The rats have been running rampant. I’m not kidding you,” Kata said. “There are people in the alley and there are still rats running around and it’s daylight.”

Kata and her neighbors took it upon themselves to get rid of the rats. Kata said she went through 12 packs of rat poison quickly. Thomas Findlay, who lives nearby, said he and another neighbor hired a private exterminator to get rid of the on their properties. While Findlay said he isn’t 100 percent sure the renovations caused the rat problem, the timing is suspect.

“We’ve never experienced anything like what we’ve seen the last 12 months,” Findlay said. “We’ve had rats almost on a daily basis walking all around the neighborhood. In the streets, on the sidewalks, on people’s porches.”

Of course, blaming the renovations without evidence would be irresponsible. Has Crispin Glover moved in next door recently?

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