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Maybe houses have many bathrooms, but my experience from the US was that it is incredible hard to find public toilets which is very annoying when you're a touri
by ecmascript 7y ago
Maybe houses have many bathrooms, but my experience from the US was that it is incredible hard to find public toilets which is very annoying when you're a tourist.
When we found one, they were pretty disgusting. Even places like Starbucks didn't even have a toilet. I mean what the hell? How can you serve people coffee which makes stomachs rumble without having a single customer toilet?
From a European perspective, this was very uncomfortable and I also have a condition which makes my stomach untrustworthy.
- qaq 7y agoHmm lived in/visted many places in US honestly never had this issue.
- EliRivers 7y agoI understand SF has this issue, for various reasons; the outcome is not pleasant.
- kbcool 7y agoHaving been well traveled in both places I found for the given population density of a particular city finding a toilet is harder in Europe than the USA but both are horrendous. Public toilets are a basic human right in Australia.
- mschuster91 7y agoIn many places in Europe, restaurant codes demand appropriate toilet access as condition for the license - and licenses can and will be suspended when inspections find your toilets to be inadequate / damaged / unclean. (source: worked in the industry)
- elteto 7y agoI've never had this issue in US cities. I don't think I've seen an actual _public_ toilet facility, but I've never suffered because of it. Unless you are in a shopping mall it is required by law to have a restroom. Starbucks, McDonalds, Burger King, these all have restrooms and are open to the public. Sometimes they might require a small purchase (like a water bottle). Heck, I was in NYC not too long ago and was surprised to find that all Starbucks have open restrooms (in other cities I've visited sometimes you needed to ask for the key).