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Is it possible to live roach-free in an apartment complex where others have roach problems?

I'm a student looking for an apartment. I found a place that looks good except a cople of reviews cite roach problems. If I frequently "bomb" (with those Raid fumigators) and maybe hire a monthly pest service in addition to the one provided, will I still have roaches?

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1. yeah i think so i used to live in apartments and i would do everything to get rid of them and they would die and dissapear but a few weeks later i had them again.i guess its because mostly all apartments got them and roaches tend to go to one place to the other.so i really dont think they will be gone for good.
2. until Wednesday last week, I would have said you are "stuck." but PLEASE LOOK THIS UP IN BIRD literature..... seriously...... a certain type of small hawk eats roaches! I never would have known that. I think you can buy this hawk or rent its services. NO JOKE I am going to check it out too! luck [otherwise, roaches enter via doors, sewers, etc. ask a bug expert and keep those areas free of access and keep food off the floor or ???]
3. Forget the chemical bombs. Go to a drugstore or chemical supply house and buy a 1 lb. can of Boric Acid powder. Sprinkle it anywhere you see roaches, or you think might be a roach travel path. The roaches will pick up particles of the Boric acid when they pass by it. They will also attract it the same as humans attract those little styrofoam peanuts that they pack in boxes. Have you ever seen the movie "ALIENS"? Well, that is what it will be like for the roaches. Roaches are hardy, but they are NOT smart. The Boric acid particles will attach themselves to the roaches bodies, and start to burn their way into the roach. They will chew into the chitin, dissolve their sensory hairs, and if the powder gets in their eyes or mouths or lungs, it will burn them from the inside out. They don't know how to wash it off, so they can't get rid of it once they are exposed to the dust. When they return to the nest, they will take a big sprinkle of Boric acid with them, and it will spread to other roaches, and begin doing the same thing to them. In a week, your roaches will be history. Pets don't like the taste of boric acid, and it's actually a pretty mild acid, so the hazards are low. It is the main ingredient in such products as "Roach-Prufe" etc. except the just plain old powdered boric acid only costs about $1 per pound or so. It's a much less dangerous chemical than what is used in some of the spray bombs, that actually have nerve effects. (TALK ABOUT SCARY!) Good Luck!