The practice of locking publicly-accessible bathrooms in businesses was initially a shock to this Alabama refugee. After I spent some time in SF, the reason for

The practice of locking publicly-accessible bathrooms in businesses was initially a shock to this Alabama refugee. After I spent some time in SF, the reason for the practice became clear. In the downtown districts of San Francisco that aren't FiDi, there are usually-operational free public toilets. There aren't enough of them, and they too-often out of service, but they do exist.