Pay Bathrooms: It Only Cost a Dime
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Once upon a time, people had to pay to use a public toilet. In this episode we discuss the history, Chicago's role, and the current narratives.
Show Notes:
DNA Info: How Chicago's Fight To Ban Pay Toilets Relates To Today's City Protests
WSJ: The Villain Behind America’s Public-Restroom Calamity
WSJ: When Chicago Flushed the Toilet Tax
JSTOR: The Rise and Fall of Pay Toilets
Pacific Standard: WHY DON'T WE HAVE PAY TOILETS IN AMERICA?
The Dispatch: Ban on Toilettes Disputes
NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/20/archives/notes-highway-sculpture-notes-about-travel-notes-about-travel.html
Bloomberg: Pay Toilets Are Illegal in Much of the U.S. They Shouldn't Be.
Economic Times: The case for and against public toilets
Mental Floss: Pay-Per-Poop: A History of Pay Toilets
AP: Lost History: How 4 Ohio Kids Ended Pay Toilettes in US
Medium: The Pee-culiar Story of Why Toilets Are Free in the United States
Strongland: Remembering the shit-in
Chicago Booth: Why We Should Free the Market for Public Toilets
NYT: If New York Is So Great, Why Isn’t There Anywhere to Pee?
The City: NYC’s Promised Public Bathrooms Still Doing the Waiting Dance
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