User:JustinePorto/Public toilets in New Mexico
| Public toilets in New Mexico | |
|---|---|
| Language of toilets | |
| Local words | washroom restroom john |
| Men's toilets | Men |
| Women's toilets | Women |
| Public toilet statistics | |
| Toilets per 100,000 people | 11 (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 New Mexico, commonly called washrooms, are found at a rate of around eleven 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 eleven public toilets per 100,000 people.[3] The cleanest public toilets at a gas station in New Mexico, according to the GasBuddy, in 2019 were found at Chevron.[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]
In Albuquerque in 2013, thieves were stealing metal pipes connected to automatic flush public toilets in places like fast food restaurants, Home Depot, Lowe’s and Arby’s. They often posed as plumbers when going into a business to justify the hardware tools they had on them. The thieves then sold these fixtures to local recycling centers.[6]
Portable toilets were placed in Coronado Park in Albuquerque in the 2010s to assist the homeless community there, but only briefly and were soon removed after public health officials declared them a biohazard.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Glionna, John M. (2013-02-08). "In New Mexico, crooks are now stealing public toilets". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
- ^ "Restroom refresh: making facilities accessible to the homeless :: School of Architecture and Planning | The University of New Mexico". saap.unm.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
