Areas with the least amount of pests (apartments, roaches)

[Julia_Italy]

Hello!

Which are the areas in the U.S. with the least amount/variety of scary or disgusting, large insects (such as carpenter bees, tarantula hawks, American roaches, palmetto bugs, dirt dobbers, giant hornets and yellowjackets, etc.)?

Also, is it true that, in the urban corridor between Virginia and Massachusetts, the vast majority of apartments have German roaches, at least every now and then?

Thanks!

[Fred314X]

The further north you go, the fewer of these bugs you'll see. They don't like cold weather!