I was just thinking about some of the things we New Yorkers consider routine events. Seeing rats the size of small dogs on the subway tracks. Roaches the size of large olives crawling across the sidewalks at night. What is wrong with this picture??? Is this what I want to spend my life dealing with on a regular basis??? I see rats, roaches and other creepy crawlies on a more or less daily basis during my commute, and I don't commute through bad neighborhoods. This isn't what I want my 5 year old niece to grow up seeing and becoming immune to, either. Yuck!