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I've traveled in europe, asia and africa and the americas and the US by far has the best public restroom infrastructure.

wombatmobile 6y ago
Where did you travel in the US? If you went to San Francisco or New York, how did you manage your requirements for restroom infrastructure?
akvadrako 6y ago
I have traveled a lot and I agree completely. As an american I was raised to always expect public facilities but it's very rare.
- Daho0n 6y ago
  I don't know where you have traveled but it is the norm to have free public bathrooms and bathrooms in pretty much all businesses open to the public everywhere in Europe I have visited and they were all free and clean.
bradknowles 6y ago
I’ve traveled extensively in the US since the 70s, and with my wife throughout Western Europe between 1999 and 2006, and back in the US since 2006. During that time, I found no such public restroom facilities in the US. Paid facilities at gas stations, fast food places, restaurants, and various other businesses, yes. But one way or the other, you always paid for those. I did see a little bit of public restroom facilities in Europe, and they were okay for what you paid for them. But the paid facilities, especially in France and Belgium near the highways, could be little more than holes in the ground with places to put your feet on the sides. We quickly learned to spot trustworthy businesses like McDonalds and other US companies that would have better paid facilities. Hotels, conference centers, and the like had better paid restroom facilities than any other places I’ve ever seen before or since, but even movie theaters had Madame Pissoir at the door who could be quite rude and offensive if you were in dire need and would be happy to pay once you were done, but you couldn’t wait. Even here in the US, we continued to carefully look for McDonalds or Starbucks as a sign that here would be good restroom facilities, and that we would be happy to purchase something there so that we could use their restrooms. At least they were never as rude and offensive as Madame Pissoir.
Daho0n 6y ago
Where in Europe? Polen maybe, Scandinavia? Not a chance. Their public restrooms are like their prisons: five star luxury hotels compared to what is in the US. And they are free!

wombatmobile 6y ago

Where did you travel in the US? If you went to San Francisco or New York, how did you manage your requirements for restroom infrastructure?

akvadrako 6y ago

I have traveled a lot and I agree completely. As an american I was raised to always expect public facilities but it's very rare.

Daho0n 6y ago
I don't know where you have traveled but it is the norm to have free public bathrooms and bathrooms in pretty much all businesses open to the public everywhere in Europe I have visited and they were all free and clean.

bradknowles 6y ago

I’ve traveled extensively in the US since the 70s, and with my wife throughout Western Europe between 1999 and 2006, and back in the US since 2006. During that time, I found no such public restroom facilities in the US. Paid facilities at gas stations, fast food places, restaurants, and various other businesses, yes. But one way or the other, you always paid for those. I did see a little bit of public restroom facilities in Europe, and they were okay for what you paid for them. But the paid facilities, especially in France and Belgium near the highways, could be little more than holes in the ground with places to put your feet on the sides. We quickly learned to spot trustworthy businesses like McDonalds and other US companies that would have better paid facilities. Hotels, conference centers, and the like had better paid restroom facilities than any other places I’ve ever seen before or since, but even movie theaters had Madame Pissoir at the door who could be quite rude and offensive if you were in dire need and would be happy to pay once you were done, but you couldn’t wait. Even here in the US, we continued to carefully look for McDonalds or Starbucks as a sign that here would be good restroom facilities, and that we would be happy to purchase something there so that we could use their restrooms. At least they were never as rude and offensive as Madame Pissoir.

Daho0n 6y ago

Where in Europe? Polen maybe, Scandinavia? Not a chance. Their public restrooms are like their prisons: five star luxury hotels compared to what is in the US. And they are free!