Comments on: A Place to Piss http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2009/10/08/a-place-to-piss/ Exploring urban life through word and photography Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: B Penner http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2009/10/08/a-place-to-piss/comment-page-1/#comment-319321 B Penner Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:42:45 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/?p=5335#comment-319321 A great post on an all-to-often overlooked subject! A great post on an all-to-often overlooked subject!

]]> By: C. Szabla http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2009/10/08/a-place-to-piss/comment-page-1/#comment-307115 C. Szabla Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:53:59 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/?p=5335#comment-307115 ...and I have vivid memories of toilets in the hutongs of Beijing, mainly because (presumably due to a lack of indoor plumbing?) they were such active community centers. I remember, specifically, seeing a very elegantly dressed woman bike down a particularly dusty hutong - I assumed she was merely taking a shortcut from one middle-class area to another - and stop in front of a public bathroom, which she entered, after taking shower gear and laundry from her bag. …and I have vivid memories of toilets in the hutongs of Beijing, mainly because (presumably due to a lack of indoor plumbing?) they were such active community centers.

I remember, specifically, seeing a very elegantly dressed woman bike down a particularly dusty hutong – I assumed she was merely taking a shortcut from one middle-class area to another – and stop in front of a public bathroom, which she entered, after taking shower gear and laundry from her bag.

]]> By: Mia http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2009/10/08/a-place-to-piss/comment-page-1/#comment-307082 Mia Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:44:22 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/?p=5335#comment-307082 What left the biggest impression on me when I visited Seoul were the public toilets. As a tourist in a new city, free, clean, obvious, toilets, were an absolute godsend. I believe that they may have been put in for the Olympics and just maintained afterwards because they were useful. Not too sure. But, point is, I don't think of food, shopping, or museums when I remember the city. It's all toilets. What left the biggest impression on me when I visited Seoul were the public toilets. As a tourist in a new city, free, clean, obvious, toilets, were an absolute godsend. I believe that they may have been put in for the Olympics and just maintained afterwards because they were useful. Not too sure.

But, point is, I don’t think of food, shopping, or museums when I remember the city. It’s all toilets.

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