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Roaches are very easy to exterminate with gel bait + gentrol + maybe powder for cracks. About $70 worth of equipment for a big infestation (I've solved a few for friends in NYC). It's just that 90% of exterminators in cities are useless, its a minimum wage job and its in the pest control company's interests to not solve the problem permanently.

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Gel bait has been huge for me. We're in an area that gets roaches pretty frequently. They still get in, but we'll find them dead and in much smaller numbers than when we used a spray. About 2-4/year now always dead vs ~10-15/year half of which were alive.

The best solution to roaches I've found is to support your local ant colonies! Healthy ants will eat all your other bugs and the only drawback is having to keep your dry foods in ant-proof containers.

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