I didn’t mean to come off like I was arguing with you. I understand that we were agreeing that the problem is at the societal level and should be paid for/ legislated at that level. And that the solution would require some pretty dramatic rethinking of a lot of policies. I think I am just very pessimistic about that happening any time soon. Because even cities that are experimenting with supervised injection facilities and supportive housing for homelessness are still pretty far away from tackling the public restroom question. I was in San Francisco for a week and so a lot of these things have been particularly on my mind. I was also traveling with my kids and so very dependent on quick access to public restrooms. I think I am still trying to articulate (to myself, I guess) my frustration with the original Slate article, which seemed to be focusing on comfort without really talking about what it would take to totally rethink public restrooms. And seemed to be taking for granted that people are able to access public restrooms in the first place.
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Date: 2019-03-02 02:23 pm (UTC)From:I think I am just very pessimistic about that happening any time soon. Because even cities that are experimenting with supervised injection facilities and supportive housing for homelessness are still pretty far away from tackling the public restroom question. I was in San Francisco for a week and so a lot of these things have been particularly on my mind. I was also traveling with my kids and so very dependent on quick access to public restrooms.
I think I am still trying to articulate (to myself, I guess) my frustration with the original Slate article, which seemed to be focusing on comfort without really talking about what it would take to totally rethink public restrooms. And seemed to be taking for granted that people are able to access public restrooms in the first place.