Stupid shit in Medellin

[Paulie97]

La 70 area is primarily middle class strata 4, not 3, but no "high end" hotels on that strip. You have to go to El Pablado for that and to find the wealthy, where the vast majority of homes are ranked as strata 6.

[Villainy]

"Bed bugs can be present in any hotel no matter how expensive the rooms may be. In fact, we just had a pest control company mention to us the other day that all the calls they are seeing right now are in your higher-priced properties. Roadside hotels and motels where you have a higher incidence of extended-stay residents anecdotally can have a higher incidence of issues compared to some of your higher-end hotels, but honestly, it can all vary dramatically from property to property. ".

The higher-priced properties are having the pests exterminated. That is why they have a lot less problems.

So from "rare" to "a lot less," keep moving the goal posts, you'll get there eventually.

I guess you aren't very skilled with language. Rare and "a lot less" are synonyms.

No you are living in a budget traveler area, on La 70, strata 3 neighborhood out of 6, where there are no "high end hotels."

I guess if you tell the same lie enough times you start to believe it.

https://medellinliving.com/best-medellin-neighborhoods/

"Laureles-Estadio is known as Comuna 11 and it has 15 barrios (neighborhoods). 99% of the homes in this comuna are classified as estrato 4 or 5 and only 1% of homes are classified as estrato 2 or 3. It has no homes classified as estrato 1 or estrato 6."

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laureles-Estadio_(Medell%C3%ADn).

It would be hard to find a strata 3 building in Estadio-Laureles (communa 11) since 98+% of this area is strata 4 or 5.

But of course, you wouldn't know anything about that because you stay in the cheapest hovels around. No wonder you're so experienced with bed-bugs. I bet you're experienced with crabs too. How about lice?

You can't even afford a place in El Pablado or to set yourself up in a luxury apartment as you've been in that mid range hotel since the start of the pandemic.

Afford a place? I seriouisly considered buying a place in Poblado but there was one drawback I couldn't get away from. Too fricken hilly. Which is why I settled in Laureles. Very walkable and since I'm comfortable with Spanish, that isn't an issue for me. My hotel is the nicest property in Laureles but you couldn't afford to stay here not even on one of your short little "vacations".

But that's OK Paulie Wolly Doodle, I hear there are still lots of hostels and cheapo hotels just waiting for you.

And you aren't "traveling the world."

Well, Paulie Wolly Doodle, you caught me there. I haven't really traveled the world. Just three trips, one to Asia and two to Europe. But none to Australia, Africa, Antartica (3 of the 4 A's) I usually take one planned trip each year. I'll make sure to let you know when I take one in 2023.

Speaking of travelling. How are those Spirit ticket prices? With oil prices much higher, I hope you haven't been priced out.

[Paulie97]

The reason high priced properties have a lot less problems with infestations is because they take action and have the pests eradicated.

This is what the pest control expert said:

"Bed bugs can be present in any hotel no matter how expensive the rooms may be. In fact, we just had a pest control company mention to us the other day that all the calls they are seeing right now are in your higher-priced properties. Roadside hotels and motels where you have a higher incidence of extended-stay residents anecdotally can have a higher incidence of issues compared to some of your higher-end hotels, but honestly, it can all vary dramatically from property to property. ".

So from "rare" to "a lot less," keep moving the goal posts, you'll get there eventually. Wink I refer eveyone back to my post from today with the heading "Summary. " Brief inspections are worthwhile when checking into a new rental property, regardless of the rental rates, so says pest control specialists and entomologists. Thus your thesis folds and the discussion was worthwhile. Anything else from you is only noise attempting to save face after entering the discussion with arrogance while stepping on your dick.

Not to mention that bed bugs can be very tough to eradicate even with prompt treatment as a number of steps are carried through over a three to six week period. They are extremely resilient. Reports from guests may also be slow coming as many do not have severe reactions from bites, plus it typically takes from one to fourteen days for bites to appear so a connection to the hotel may not be made.

Gee Paulie, I'm stretching my income by traveling, staying in high-end properties, paying girls too much (according to your crack-w**re tastes). Are you jealous? Maybe if you learn to save and invest you too could have a comfortable retirement where you enjoy all the world has to offer. Jajajaja. Paulie want a cracker?

No you are living in a budget traveler area, on La 70, strata 3 neighborhood out of 6, where there are no "high end hotels. " You can't even afford a place in El Pablado or to set yourself up in a luxury apartment as you've been in that mid range hotel since the start of the pandemic. And you aren't "traveling the world. " You're stuck in that same hotel in a single developing country sitting by your fan at a Spartan desk arguing over the internet. It's sad that this is all the "luxury" and lifestyle that your completed work life can afford. Jajaja Thus my aim is laughing at pretenders. Monger communities are full of them.

I didn't realize you were overpaying girls. Perhaps you can tone that down while earning some respect and will be able to afford a better room, or even an apartment! Be ambitious! Jajaja.

Myself, I enjoy living in Florida but spend about four months a year in Medellin. A short flight and I'm there for vacation. It's the best of both worlds.

[Villainy]

Creating your own nursey rhymes I see. I haven't felt so insulted since kindergarten.

Gee, I thought you would feel right at home. Most children (or in your case childish personality) like nursery rhymes.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bed-b...b04decb354faeb

"In fact, we just had a pest control company mention to us the other day that all the calls they are seeing right now are in your higher-priced properties, said Jeff White, chief product officer at the pest control manufacturer SenSci.".

If you read your own source you would have learned something. The reason high priced properties have a lot less problems with infestations is because they take action and have the pests eradicated.

Of course, I can see why that would have escaped you. You stay at the "Motel 6 Mil" where they leave the lights on for you. That is so that the cockroaches and rats stay out of sight.

.......stretching your retirement income in a developing country while claiming to be an investment expert.

Gee Paulie, I'm stretching my income by traveling, staying in high-end properties, paying girls too much (according to your crack-w**re tastes). Are you jealous? Maybe if you learn to save and invest you too could have a comfortable retirement where you enjoy all the world has to offer. Jajajaja. Paulie want a cracker?

[Paulie97]

Here's more on bed bugs in five star US hotels. So why not do a few minute inspection when checking into any rental property? This is what the people who know what they are talking recommend. It's simply a myth that bed bugs are only found in high traffic dumps and spending more money on a room buys safety. For one thing they are a very different phenomenon than cockroaches. Good discussion gentlemen.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/trave...city/83312162/

Inspections.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bed-b...b04decb354faeb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xoj0hwIW2vw&t=25s

[Paulie97]

Paulie Wolly Doodle All The Day.

Creating your own nursey rhymes I see. I haven't felt so insulted since kindergarten. Rofl.

Rarely

Bedbugs are found across the whole spectrum, from the Marriott down to hostels and everything in between. All they need to do is hitch a ride in a suitcase. Sources were provided and plenty more are in Google. It comes down to who you'd listen to, a pest control expert or a guy making up nursey rhymes in a hooker forum.

"'Bed bugs can be present in any hotel no matter how expensive the rooms may be. In fact, we just had a pest control company mention to us the other day that all the calls they are seeing right now are in your higher-priced properties,' said Jeff White, chief product officer at the pest control manufacturer SenSci. That said, bed bugs definitely tend to be a bigger issue in lower-socioeconomic settings for an assortment of reasons,' he added. 'Roadside hotels and motels where you have a higher incidence of extended-stay residents anecdotally can have a higher incidence of issues compared to some of your higher-end hotels, but honestly, it can all vary dramatically from property to property. '.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bed-b...b04decb354faeb

So calling them "rare" in higher end hotels would certainly be an overstatement. But you aren't in a high end place but in a 3 star hotel on La 70, so you told us, stretching your retirement income in a developing country while claiming to be an investment expert. So any safety regarding bedbugs in high end dwellings, even if it were true, wouldn't apply to you. Oh well. Looks like a swing and a miss on all counts. LOL Next time do some research before engaging your mouth, pretty simple.

[JustTK]

Is it just me, or do you see a ton of disabled people everyday in MDE?

Ho hum. Yes. Well, how do I put this. I will just tell you staright and no doubt suffer the ire of several. I know already.

Its a symptom of capitalism. In a dog eat dog world, in a poor // developing nation, nature still holds sway. Just as cats and dogs and other animals discard their abnormal offspring bcos they know they cannot support them, people with disabilities. Physical and mental. Are discarded by their familes. Families simply cannot afford to help them bcos they receive wholly inadequate support from the government. So we see the weakest and most vulnerable discarded and thrown on to the streets, where they float downstream and end up in the pool that is El Centro. A place where they can find a piece of grass to lay on and plenty of people to beg from. They are the rejects of society and must live out their lives in misery and being an eyesore and a frustration to everyone else.

But hey, who wants high taxes when it means one less FK per month. Let them suffer, they are not our concern.

[Villainy]

Give me a break, you are living in a three star hotel in a strata 3 neighborhood in a developing country and look down your nose at us?

You apparently have no idea where I'm living, although you did ask once and I told you. And if you think I'm looking down my nose at you. Well I apologize. I try not to look down on the intellectually challenged.

Bedbugs are indiscriminate, and are also found in high end hotels.

Rarely.

They also are very much on the rise, especially in North America, according to one study. It's also true that I haven't had any trouble with them in Colombia, though anecdotes have little value in the big picture, whether they are yours or mine. And you also failed to do any research so we are given another opportunity to correct BS. Thanks Wink.

I'm delighted that you fancy yourself an expert on bed-bugs. But I guess if someone who is a minimum wage earner and travels and stays in hostels or slum-flats it makes sense to master those facts.

I'll just leave it that two pages in this forum on bed-bugs is Paulie Wolly Doodle All The Day.

[JohnnyWalker55]

Is it just me, or do you see a ton of disabled people everyday in MDE?

Blind people with canes. People missing arms and legs, tons of cleft palates or cleft noses, etc.

And this is everyday, in the states I see this like once in a blue moon.

What is the reason for this? Underdeveloped / expensive healthcare?

[Paulie97]

Seriously dudes? How many ways can we parse the discussion about bed-bugs? Let me make a cordial suggestion.

If you're concerned about bed-bugs and all the different ways to navigate that problem. Just get a better job (or save a little more money) and stay at a nicer hotel. I've never had that problem at any of the hotels that I have ever stayed at.

Out of curiosity are you guys staying at the Motel 6 Mil??

Give me a break, you are living in a three star hotel in a strata 3 neighborhood in a developing country and look down your nose at us? Lolol If you don't value the discussion then stay out of it, easy. It started with Mr E mocking a stewardess without bothering to check Google. Turns out he was very wrong so a useful discussion followed.

Bedbugs are indiscriminate, and are also found in high end hotels. They also are very much on the rise, especially in North America, according to one study. It's also true that I haven't had any trouble with them in Colombia, though anecdotes have little value in the big picture, whether they are yours or mine. And you also failed to do any research so we are given another opportunity to correct BS. Thanks Wink.

https://bestlifeonline.com/bed-bugs-hotel-room-news/#text=In%20 fact%2 C%20 a%20 study%20 published, your%20 chances%20 of%20 an%20 infestation.

[Villainy]

Seriously dudes? How many ways can we parse the discussion about bed-bugs? Let me make a cordial suggestion.

If you're concerned about bed-bugs and all the different ways to navigate that problem. Just get a better job (or save a little more money) and stay at a nicer hotel. I've never had that problem at any of the hotels that I have ever stayed at.

Out of curiosity are you guys staying at the Motel 6 Mil??

[Knowledge]

Yeah that didn't make sense. I think maybe it was supposed to say before you unpack. I personally haven't taken anti bedbug measures in hotels but maybe I should start before my luck runs out.

Rather dubious advice. Here is one piece of advice from that article: "However, you can also prevent them by putting your luggage in a bathtub before checking into a hotel." Anyone want to explain that?

[Knowledge]

It is new information for me that bedbugs are not common in the tropics. It explains a lot, like why I haven't encountered them in some of the sketchy places I've been. I am grateful for my dumb luck on this front.

It is probably the simplest way to keep your luggage away from bedbugs. As others pointed out there may be other reasonable options too. Hard surfaces especially metallic. Luggage rack with metal legs would be great as long as it is out from the wall a bit I suppose.

Bedbugs are more of a problem in more temperate parts of globe, not so much in the tropics.

[Fun Luvr]

It is probably the simplest way to keep your luggage away from bedbugs.

I suppose you are correct because as Huacho pointed out, you will have to buy all new things, including luggage, so bedbugs shouldn't be in the new things.

[Mr Enternational]

If your luggage is in a bathtub before you check in, then you forgot your fucken luggage at the last hotel. And if that happens in Colombia, you will never get it back, and will lose all your shit, and have to buy a new suitcase too. But, you won't get bedbugs.

Must depend on the hotel. My second or third time in Colombia I was leaving the hotel on the way to the airport and my card would not go through to pay the hotel. My mortgage had been taken out twice for some reason and there was no more money in the account. I ended up leaving my suitcase instead of paying and told them I would pay the money next time I came. The next time I paid the money I owed and got my suitcase.