Beacon Hill Won’t Be Able To Ever Solve Its Rat Problem Until the City Changes the Garbage Pickup Schedule

By Robert A. WhitneyI have lived on Beacon Hill since 1985, and I have been living with Beacon Hill’s rat problem ever since moving here – and it’s getting worse!  An Axios report in December 2022 cited Boston as the “rattiest” city in the nation, according to 2021 American Housing Survey data that ranked metro regions by the number of rodent sightings inside homes.  With 21.6% of respondents reporting rodent sightings, Boston beats Philadelphia’s 19