Brooklyn exterminator Bill swan wages war daily against the scourge of New York City residents: bed bugs. In a verbose Q&A that makes us itch, Swan describes how bed bugs are becoming more common, why people are doing less to fight their invasion, and his absolute worst house calls (warning: they're graphic and downright gross). Then are the New Yorkers who get creative with their defense tactics. Recounts Swan: "I've also come across some crazy barriers. This one guy had his bed up on buckets full of water, with double-sided tape all around his mattress. And then outside those buckets he had diatomaceous earth ringed around his bed. It was like a fence zone." [Gothamist; previously]
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