User:JustinePorto/Public toilets in Idaho
| Public toilets in Idaho | |
|---|---|
 Chatcolet CCC Picnic & Camping Area, Benewah County, ID | |
| Language of toilets | |
| Local words | washroom restroom john |
| Men's toilets | Men |
| Women's toilets | Women |
| Public toilet statistics | |
| Toilets per 100,000 people | 10 (2021) |
| Total toilets | ?? |
| Public toilet use | |
| Type | Western style sit toilet |
| Locations | public accomodations hotels stores restaurants coffee shops |
| Average cost | ??? |
| Often equipped with | ??? |
| Percent accessible | ??? |
| Date first modern public toilets | ??? |
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Public toilets in Idaho, commonly called washrooms, are found at a rate of around ten public toilets per 100,000 people.
Public toilets
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washroom is one of the most commonly used words for public toilet in the United States.[1] Euphemisms are often used to avoid discussing the purpose of toilets. Words used include toilet, restroom, bathroom, lavatory and john.[2]
A 2021 study found there were ten public toilets per 100,000 people.[3] The cleanest public toilets at a gas station in Idaho, according to the GasBuddy, in 2019 were found at Maverik.[4]
Public toilets are often located in semi-private public accommodations like hotels, stores, restaurants and coffee shops instead of being street level municipal maintained facilities.[5]
History
[edit]Because Prohibition saw an increase in the construction of public toilets to address the new found demand, many municipalities located outside the South built sex-segregated public toilets that were essentially the same construction inside, with the same number of stalls and layout for each.[5]
The Works Progress Administration during the 1930s tried to increase access to public toilets across the United States. Their focus though tended to be on building such facilities in national parks and other civic areas, not at improving access in urban environments.[6]
Idaho Senator Larry Craig got caught trying to find a sexual partner in a men's public toilet in 2007.[7]
Orofino City Council approved an environmental plan on 26 April 2022 that was the next step towards building public toilets in Champion Park.[8]
References
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- ^ Hess, Nico (2019-08-04). Introducing Global Englishes. Scientific e-Resources. ISBN 978-1-83947-299-2.
- ^ Farb, Peter (2015-08-19). Word Play: What Happens When People Talk. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-101-97129-1.
- ^ QS Supplies (11 October 2021). "Which Cities Have The Most and Fewest Public Toilets?". QS Supplies. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ Adams, Kirby. "Hitting the road? Here's a list of the nicest gas station bathrooms in each state". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
- ^ a b Baldwin, P. C. (2014-12-01). "Public Privacy: Restrooms in American Cities, 1869-1932". Journal of Social History. 48 (2): 264–288. doi:10.1093/jsh/shu073. ISSN 0022-4529.
- ^ Yuko, Elizabeth (5 November 2021). "Where Did All the Public Bathrooms Go?". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ Gershenson, Olga; Penner, Barbara (2009). Ladies and gents : public toilets and gender. Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-59213-941-5. OCLC 854519941.
- ^ "Public toilets one step closer in Champion Park | top stories". Idaho News. 2022-05-04. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
