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CWuestefeld 40 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Where did all the public bathrooms go?

Sure, but why is it that government-run institutions are (we're being told in this thread) uniquely vulnerable to the problem? Why isn't it happening at Buc-ee's or at McDonald's in the same degree?

lotsofpulp 38 days ago [–]

Those places are staffed or closed between 10pm and 7am, dissuading vandals:

>The vandalism happened between about 10 p.m. on Aug. 21 and 7 a.m. the following day, according to officials.

But also, the lack of desire to spend money on staffing government restrooms in the first place.

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