• Sdnimm543@slrpnk.net
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    9 months ago

    We also need shittable cities. It is a massive pain to be out without a public restroom, especially at night when the already slim toilet options get locked up. My best strategy has been going to police stations and bothering a cop for a bathroom key at 1am. If nothing else, it’s funny.

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      9 months ago

      Absolutely! I don’t even have any bowel related health issues and occasionally find myself in trouble.

      The worst was when I used to go running along the river the city I lived in. For years, the public toilet I occasionally used was open 24 hours. Then one day, for no reason and with no notice, they started locking it between 9 pm and 9 am. The day I discovered that was not a good day.

      Knowing that I needed ready access to a toilet a few times a month was enough to curtail my running to the point where I just quit.

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    9 months ago

    Benches are just so nice. The value-to-price proposition is amazing and I don’t see why any city would disagree with this other than incompetence. I recently ordered a bench for a little public garden in my neighbourhood and plopped it there for 100usd. People love it :)

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      9 months ago

      Cities discourage benches because the homeless might use them and that would mean acknowledging the homeless exist.

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        9 months ago

        That’s not always the case tho. Sometimes cities just forget benches exist. My town has no real homeless issues but still lacks of benches for some reason and the public parks team would rather spend the money on touristy shit like “dancing fountains” smh