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What should I do? I am worried about moving because my apartment got bad ratings?

On apt ratings my apt scored ok until recently. Residents are complaining of roaches, bed bugs, homeless people and 5 people sharing a studio apt. I am from the country and don't know a lot about the city. What should I do? The apt is in downtown DC and I got a great price for it. Ppl keep telling me to suck it up and welcome to the city :( ..... If I do decide to move in what do I do about 1) Bed bugs 2) homeless ppl 3) roaches 4) 5 ppl to an apt

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1. 1.) Bed bugs...dont use any of their furniture and scrub and clean the place extremely well before moving in 2.) If they are homeless then why would they be living in your apartment building? There are homeless people EVERYWHERE 3.) Roaches.. Have them spray your apartment first before moving in 4.) 5 ppl to an apartment...why do you care? You aren't living with them in the apartment...
2. Well ... welcome to the city. There's apparently a bedbug epidemic going on in cities around the country. Bedbugs live mostly in upholstered furniture and beds. If you don't have them now, you're not likely to find them in your new apartment. Scrub the place down when you first move in, get the rugs steam cleaned if they haven't been already, and you should be OK. Get one of those plastic zipper covers for your mattress if you're really concerned. Homeless people live in cities. That's a fact. What can you do about them? Donate to your local homeless shelter. Volunteer there. Roaches are everywhere. Just like homeless people, they're a fact of life in the city. (You have them in the country, too, you just don't notice them so much.) Keep your food in tightly sealed plastic containers. Five people to an apartment? Don't worry, your landlord isn't going to make you let four strangers move in with you/