Can't say I've seen this. But not surprised. I'd suggest contacting the ward councilor. She should be able to put some influence on the city to better patrol the area and prevent these things. For some reason many people have 0 pride in their place. It's sad as the few that don't ruin others enjoyment and property values and such for others.

This is ridiculous!!! That is NOT happening at this address!!! Get your facts straight Anonymous!!!

Seriously people? There is no trash, NONE, in my front or back yard, nor are there any bowls of food and there never was. The only rodents I have are the squirrels that steal from my bird feeder. So grab the ward councillor, the mayor, and Miss freakin Salem if you'd like and come on over and check it out. Get your house numbers straight if you want complain FFS.

I wish the city would remove the ability to use anonymous or other fictitious names. This has allowed the site to become a political platform and a way harass people with out owning the comments. This is killing the effectiveness of the site. If you don’t want to own your comments you should keep them to yourself.
We are wasting valuable resources running down opinions and innuendos. And it’s poisonous to being a good neighborhor

This is clearly happening at 23 East Collins, not 25. The amount of junk in that backyard is disgusting. Please update with the CORRECT address of 23

This has happened before. I think the app just drops a pin wherever the person was. It happened at #4 in September when it was actually the old Social Club - https://seeclickfix.com/issues/3694476-rodent-infestation
I tried to report something near Collins Cove and it put it in the Common.
I definitely have found quite a large amount of rats and mice lately in the East Collins area. Not sure about the other stuff (food in bowls, trash, etc...) but it might explain it. Though it's probably still the old Ward 2 club.

Jerry, I was using my full name but as my house has been targeted twice on here (this one, which is completely fictitious and once before because my grass was too long) I'm starting to feel targeted and got a little nervous so took my name down. I would be happy if everyone had to use their name, too, as it seems to be a place for busybodies to complain more than for serious issues. As for the rodents, I haven't noticed any here. But if they are active right now it could be because the road has been dug up three times recently for broken water mains and not the fault of any one house.

I cannot figure how to change mine to my name, it is marybeth knight and I totally agree Jerry Smith.

All the area around the water is breeding ground for all types of rodents. When ever there is major construction in Salem we see increased visibility of rodents including skunks. As neighbors we need to be aware of this and let the city know, but we should not play the blame game. But when we report something we need to be as accurate as possible to prevent wasting city resources and alienating our neighbors.

Why was Jerry blocked and by who?

Was I blocked? I noticed a delay in posting while the comments are being reviewed. Hopefully the blocking is just the review process. But let’s all watch to see if this is happening and if so why! Thanks John for the watchful eye on this.

It would also help if people understood that when they think they're feeding the birds on the beach, what they're really doing is feeding the rats. I've seen people dump a full bag of popcorn only to have a whole rat-pack gobble it up.

There's definitely a lot of people in the neighborhood leaving food out for cats and birds but the rats and mice are the ones eating it. Any time I leave a bag of trash out in my driveway over night they are torn to shreds so I'm more often going to the bin daily and making sure it's shut tight.

I haven't noticed any rodents lately except skunks. Perhaps this should just be closed?