If you live around a bunch of other folks it may only slow down till the next one comes threw, neighborhood coons have lots of food options when there are lots of houses in the area, so that is where they live, lots of hiding place also.
I live away from folks so my coons population is small...
I agree.. we have had an influx of coons here even seeing them in the daytime out in the open .. well this morning I heard on the local news that a couple town over were having terrible problems with coons and have even had to remove entire families of coons from inside city folks home, well...