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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When are public restrooms ever clean, outside of Japan, Switzerland or Germany? They are pretty much disgusting everywhere #tragedyofthecommons

That said, DC is soooooooooooo much cleaner than SF, LA, or NYC. (I've lived in all of them)[/quote]

Hi-so maybe I was in the "right" part of San Francisco (Union Square, the waterfront, the pier which I thought would be disgusting) - but it was spit clean, bathrooms too. After all I had heard about SF filth I was pleasantly surprised. Maybe the pleasant climate just makes everything feel nicer, but in general I found CA streets and bathrooms very clean - except for Oceanside where the conditions of the streets, piers and beaches were poorer. Bathrooms were still nice there though. Do they do more inspections of facilities? Even the gas stations I visited were just fine. I agree about NY and the East Coast in general. Is the East Coast just dirtier than a lot of the rest of the country? How embarrassing.

Something that disappoints me is when a place that gives a lot of visitors possibly their only glance of America is filthy--NY airports need an overhaul and so does DC generally. Our swampy humid climate and vermin problem--roaches, mosquitoes and rats--don't help to contribute to a sanitary feeling. In the summer when you step out into the humid blast it just enhances any smells and trashy sights, and any litter and overgrown foliage just exacerbate our vermin. Is there anything worse than walking through a DC sidewalk urine cloud while traffic blasts you with exhaust on one of our busy boulevards? Or going through what should be a nice public circle and being overwhelmed with urine and trash? Or stepping into a trashy Starbucks with water and toilet paper all over the floors? I feel like  our elected officials do very little to address environmental quality of life issues that aren't specifically "green" or social justice. In fact ironically, possibly because they are so social justice, I don't think they acknowledge how our chronic homeless impact the sanitation of shared spaces: our libraries, bus stops, parks and shared bathrooms. DC seems to be something of a mecca for chronic homeless (based on our position as the center of government which attracts some and our welcoming policies which attract others) without our politicians examining all sides of how to support them and the impacted community structures around them.

For our taxes we pay, and for our unemployment levels that are oft cited by the pols--I see a path forward for things to be cleaner. We need to step it up aesthetically and sanitation wise.[/quote]

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