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Has any city figured out public toilets?

On this episode we try and figure out if any city in the world has figured out public toilets and what Seattle can learn.

We went on the search. Listeners sent in their reviews of potties around the world. We discovered that the key to good public toilets isn't necessarily the toilets themselves — it's us.

Listen to the episode by clicking the play button above or on your favorite podcast app. SoundQs is a weekly podcast where our KUOW reporters tackle questions submitted by our listeners.

caption: The outside of the public bathroom at the Franciscan monastery of Our Lady of the Cave in Lopud, Croatia. KUOW listener Kayla Higgins says it was very clean.
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The outside of the public bathroom at the Franciscan monastery of Our Lady of the Cave in Lopud, Croatia. KUOW listener Kayla Higgins says it was very clean.
Courtesy of Kayla Higgins

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caption: Inside the Toi Toi public toilets in Cijin, Taiwan.
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Inside the Toi Toi public toilets in Cijin, Taiwan.
Courtesy of Patricia Boiko
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