Miami's Portland Loo
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There has been controversy over Miami's Portland Loo, and the issue of homelessness, and their lack of safe and clean places to leave their biological waste.[1][2]
When Miami installed a Portland Loo some commentators criticized the unit for the expense of routing water and sewage pipes.[3]
References
- ↑ Johnny Diaz (2018-09-19). "Gotta go? Miami opens permanent public bathroom in downtown". Sun Sentinel. https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/miami-dade/fl-ne-miami-permanent-bathroom-public-20180918-story.html. Retrieved 2018-11-08. "The sleek facility, which looks like an elongated kiosk or booth, includes a toilet, sink, a safe needle disposal area. There’s also an attendant."
- ↑ Joey Flechas (2018-09-19). "While Miami tries to end protection of homeless from police, city debuts public toilet". Miami Herald. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/downtown-miami/article218663225.html. Retrieved 2018-11-08. "The restroom helps people who in the past had fewer places to relieve themselves. The lack of options has been well-documented in recent years, including a “poop map” created by the downtown authority that documented human feces and urine found in public around downtown. A pilot portable toilet program was deemed successful in attracting more than 100 flushes a day and keeping the streets cleaner, so much so that officials moved forward with the permanent restroom. Construction on the permanent toilet began in April."
- ↑ Joe Schaeffer (2018-09-23). "Progressive Insanity: Free Heroin And $300,000 Bathrooms For The Homeless: Exactly what the homeless need, an overpriced toilet and free drugs". Liberty Nation. https://www.libertynation.com/progressive-insanity-free-heroin-and-300000-bathrooms-for-the-homeless/. Retrieved 2018-11-08. "But Miami isn’t the only victim of the Portland Loo. The city of San Diego’s experiment with Portland Loos also turned into a fiasco."
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