To my America friends, is there really a problem in your country with the lack of public free toilets? Why Is It Harder to Find Public Restrooms Near You in U.S. Cities? - Bloomberg 🚽

Todd Grotenhuis

let’s put it this way: Flush is a good app to have in your “travel” folder 😆

Munish

@pratik it’s America though. A massive superpower that has not spent the money, which is a surprise to me

Todd Grotenhuis

we only like spending enormous public money on military and police. For the rest we expect “free” enterprise.

Pete Brown

There totally is. In my smallish (~18k residents) there is currently a big controversy because the mayor wants to spend some of our pandemic relief funding to build public restrooms downtown, and a bunch of terrible people keep insisting that it’s a waste of money because only “homeless people and drug addicts” will use them.

Khürt Williams

there are public toilets in some of the train terminals.

David Johnson

As a Brit who has moved to the US, I would say 100% “YES,” there is a big problem with public toilets. No where near as available as in the UK.

Ridwan Jaafar

@crossingthethreshold In the UK access to public restrooms was never appreciated by me. I realised the importance when we were in the full lockdown.

Ridwan Jaafar

@toddgrotenhuis @pratik 🤣 … Sadly, it’s true! I don’t know where I heard or read this … In US, “skin time” between newborn baby and mother is charged per hour at the hospitals. I don’t know if this true or not but it blew my mind and made very sad. Long live our NHS!

Munish

@toddgrotenhuis I have used that app before. Many a moon ago. It does make me laugh, if you do a random search and see the lack of toilets. Shows the great divide

Munish

@pratik there was a time when England used to send £50m a year to india for toilets in Mumbai. There were only a handful that were built. This is India, the great super power.

Munish

@petebrown it’s a shame. It encourages the divide and lack of hygiene.

Munish

@toddgrotenhuis the powers drive forward this

Munish

@khurtwilliams I do remember. I think compared to Europe the US struggles. We all have one problem or another.

Munish

@crossingthethreshold I noticed this in NYC. As a family holiday though, we just used hotels and coffee shops. But we had to spend to use. I was very confused when I went over ten years ago and every toilet was locked.

Munish

@ridwan wow. That cannot be true can it. The skin time.

Ridwan Jaafar

@timapple Oh thanks for clarifying. I couldn’t believe it tbh!

Ridwan Jaafar

@timapple On a separate note, I enjoy your posts from my military experiences on Listed.

David Johnson

And I guess a little uncomfortable as well?? I use to know someone involved with Phlush, a non-profit working for accessibility to public toilets.

Khürt Williams

I think the challenge in the large cities of the USA, e.g. New York City, is the sheer volume of people. It’s a known issue: www.curbed.com/2020/12/n…

Khürt Williams

@ridwan fake news on the skin time.

Ridwan Jaafar

@khurtwilliams Good to hear that. 🙈

Munish

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