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Rats were one of the main reasons we left the upper upper west side for Brooklyn. At night, I’d shuffle my feet loudly as we walked down 108th street to our building, so the rats mingling in the trash just ahead of would scurry away. Nearly every time at least one would run out and bump into an ankle trying to get away.