At our Florida home just south of you good folks I have never seen one rat....ever. In fact, I thought you were talking about squirrels, who ARE a problem at times.
We leave our bagged garbage out the night before as the pick up is around 6am.
There is a community just north of us, south of you, who have green steel can-like things in the ground, so you only see the top. You step on a lever and the top hinges open to put your garbage bag into the underground can. It is not unsightly, as you only see the small green top. No cans to see or haul.
I would think these would be quite expensive to buy and install.....but they seem to work in that community.
Just interesting the small differences between our 55+ communities....
Frank
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The Plantation in Leesburg, just south of you good people. Love being a Floridian!
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