"Public" just means the people who own it, the people who use it, and the people who maintain it are all different parties, so none of them have any motivation to do their part properly.
Here's how you keep them much cleaner, and much less expensed to maintain:
Set up a charge, a credit card tap lock, that is two bucks to use the toilet. But then only reserve the two bucks, and unreserve it a day later. No actual charge made.
Then, put a simple poster inside that features a face looking forward, and a request "keep our commons clean, we have your credit card info".
The mere screening act of requiring someone nearby to own a credit card will cut vandalism by 95%, and the image of eyes being present will also discourage asocial behaviors. Public restroom, it will get nasty, but the nastiness levels would be far more manageable.
It would work, right up until some parasitic social service agency gets a bunch of credit/debit cards to issue to their "clients" so they can shit up these restrooms with impunity.
The Homeless/Druggie Industrial Complex is out of control.
The free market will determine the true cost of using a highway. And it will be cheaper than the amount of money the government STEALS from you to "maintain" the roads.
Setup an AI camera to lock the doors and not open them until they clean up whatever mess they made. If they're in there more than 10 minutes lock the door and call the cops (or activate the steam cleaning/charred body disposal function).
How can some people be this fucking disgusting? I'd not even shit up the bathroom of my worst enemy like that(I'd do the seethrough-foil over the toilet prank though, I'm not a saint).
Junkies getting high and homeless loitering is how it happened, not by any "proper" use.
That's the reason why we can't have anything in public spaces anymore. Anything that isn't bolted down, covered in spikes, and patrolled constantly will become their filth.
Problem #1: Tragedy of the commons in action. If it's "public", then it is someone else's job to take care of it.
Problem #2: Everything government does costs orders of magnitude more. See John Stossel's report from 2017 on a $2 million bathroom in NYC
"Public" just means the people who own it, the people who use it, and the people who maintain it are all different parties, so none of them have any motivation to do their part properly.
Who is like...the 137th person to use this toilet? What kind of human voluntarily steps into a place like that?
A junkie looking for a place to shoot up.
I'd rather walk in any store and say "Here's $10 can I use your toilet please?"
Here's how you keep them much cleaner, and much less expensed to maintain:
Set up a charge, a credit card tap lock, that is two bucks to use the toilet. But then only reserve the two bucks, and unreserve it a day later. No actual charge made.
Then, put a simple poster inside that features a face looking forward, and a request "keep our commons clean, we have your credit card info".
The mere screening act of requiring someone nearby to own a credit card will cut vandalism by 95%, and the image of eyes being present will also discourage asocial behaviors. Public restroom, it will get nasty, but the nastiness levels would be far more manageable.
Also don't be Portland.
kick out the niggers and beaners, destroyed public restrooms has never been a white or Asian problem
Japanese or Korean.
Han Chinese are just as disgusting as a homeless junkie.
It would work, right up until some parasitic social service agency gets a bunch of credit/debit cards to issue to their "clients" so they can shit up these restrooms with impunity.
The Homeless/Druggie Industrial Complex is out of control.
I strongly suspect the reason this bathroom was built was so homeless people would use it instead of going in the street.
How the hell is it that expensive? It must be contracted to the mayor's cousin or some shit.
You'll notice it's basically structurally intact despite the abuse. That costs money.
Portland Proof Toilets
> it's basically structurally intact despite the abuse
ironically this also applies to Portland itself.
Mandatory prevailing wage laws. And I mean the thing looks like it's indestructible.
All taxation is theft.
Sounds like an opportunity to run a parallel highway at $140 to me.
The free market will determine the true cost of using a highway. And it will be cheaper than the amount of money the government STEALS from you to "maintain" the roads.
"Who will build the roads?" is my favorite argument against any sort of limit on the size and scope of government.
Who do you think builds them now? Private contractors paid with stolen money.
Based.
Setup an AI camera to lock the doors and not open them until they clean up whatever mess they made. If they're in there more than 10 minutes lock the door and call the cops (or activate the steam cleaning/charred body disposal function).
So much damage was done to that left...thing...that I can't even tell what it IS.
I would guess there was a trashcan there.
How can some people be this fucking disgusting? I'd not even shit up the bathroom of my worst enemy like that(I'd do the seethrough-foil over the toilet prank though, I'm not a saint).
Junkies getting high and homeless loitering is how it happened, not by any "proper" use.
That's the reason why we can't have anything in public spaces anymore. Anything that isn't bolted down, covered in spikes, and patrolled constantly will become their filth.
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