Why are there no toilets in Europe?

In fact, there are very few toilets in Europe, but some countries in Europe don't have toilets. Now Xiaobian will tell you some relevant information about this, so you can know something about toilets.

1) Are there many public toilets in Europe? Is it clean?

relatively few, and there are basically no free public toilets (except airports and small railway stations in the city). I live in Rome, and I feel that there are many toilets in western European countries. There will be a public toilet within a radius of 5 meters in the central city. There are two kinds of voluntary payment and compulsory payment. The price ranges from 5 euros to 1 euro. The cleanliness is much better than that of domestic public toilets, and the odor is not heavy, especially the 1 euro toilet with compulsory payment.

Generally speaking, public toilets in Europe are much cleaner than those in China because of their high fees. And according to my personal experience, the cleanliness of all kinds of toilets is as follows: high-grade toilets operated by private enterprises abroad = toilets in luxury shopping malls in China >; Toilet in Bar = Toilet in ordinary shopping malls in China > State-owned public toilets in the west >: Unattended automatic toll toilets > Free public toilets in railway stations = domestic public toilets > Station toilet = public toilet on the platform of Shanghai subway station. I want to report that as a Shanghainese, the toilet on the platform of Shanghai subway station is the stinkiest and dirtiest toilet I have ever seen, and the domestic dry toilets are not so smelly!

2) How do Europeans solve the problem of convenience?

In order to solve the problem of convenience, public toilets are not the only option. Generally speaking, we go to bar and Tabac to go to the toilet, spend .8-1.5 euros for a cup of coffee or a drink, and then use the toilet, and the toilet in Bar is much cleaner than the public toilets outside. This is a way of life that Europeans are used to. We will find that public toilets in Europe often appear in areas with dense tourists, while in places with few tourists, cafes, bars and tobacco shops take on the role of public toilets, especially in Italy, where people go to the toilet about the same number of times as they drink coffee a day. In addition, if you really want to go to the public toilet, besides memorizing by brain, there is also a special APP. The Roman toilet APP is as follows < P > For men, there are still standing toilets in some areas of Europe, so the cleanliness is not to mention, and it is very poor. Of course, there is no charge. For example, there are some standing toilets in Naples, and there are also several countries in the north, and the overall number is not much.

3) Why are there fewer public toilets in Europe?

when analyzing problems, we should get rid of the secondary reasons and talk about the main reasons. The respondent of the highest vote said that shit has no economic value in Europe, so public toilets are not popular. This argument is not sufficient and can only prove that public toilets have not been popularized in Europe for a period of time. The most important thing, that is, there is still no universal public toilet in Europe today, can not be proved. At the same time, this argument cannot prove why public toilets are popularized in China. Below, answer the argument put forward by the Lord with the highest vote, and sort out the main reasons of this problem step by step.

3.1) Does shit only have economic value in China?

the answer is no. In Europe, shit also has economic value. There is a Latin proverb in Europe, "Money is not smelly", which refers to the problem of excrement and urine. Around 7 AD, the Roman emperor Titus Flavius Caesar Vespasianus Augustus first levied a urine tax, which shocked him for a while, even his son Titus thought it was inappropriate. Although the economic value of excrement has not been high in Europe, urine is a valuable product. The functions of urine are as follows: 1) Fur lotion; 2) bleach; 3) dye; 4) Dental urine (for cleaning teeth); 5) A raw material for producing gunpowder. From ancient Rome to Europe in the 19th century, at least urine has certain economic value. In other words, excrement and urine trade also exists in Europe, so it is not sufficient to take excrement and urine as the reason why there are few public toilets in Europe.

3.2) Are there no toilets in Europe that are used to defecating?

The argument that shit has little economic value cannot necessarily lead to the fact that Europeans are used to defecating everywhere, and even European aristocrats are used to defecating everywhere because there is no toilet indoors, which is even more nonsense. Because the main reason for defecation is not the economic value of defecation, nor whether there is a toilet indoors, but whether you like a clean lifestyle. In other words, you don't have to pee anywhere without a toilet indoors.

Is there a toilet indoors in Europe since the Middle Ages? The answer is yes, and even we can see from ancient paintings how Europeans went to the toilet at that time. In European painting, one of the painting topics is the toilet, which is a space that combines defecation, dressing and talking. Toilet in English originated from toillette in French, which is the above space.

It is incorrect to say that all European aristocrats defecate everywhere. We can only say that they can't discharge pollutants and collect compost in time when it is convenient. Moreover, for the ancient European aristocrats, there were quite a few seats for them to defecate and pee, and there were all kinds of them, so there was no need to urinate anywhere in the room. Such as the following.

I also want to point out that although there were flush toilets for indoor use in ancient China, in most areas of indoor living space, we still use ordinary toilets or urinals (mainly used at night) instead of dry toilets or flush toilets. However, we can say that the toilet quality of urban residents in ancient China is close to or equal to that of ancient European aristocrats. Because, in ancient Europe, ordinary people's own toilets were dangerous and dirty, which was almost a visual sense of living next to the dung heap (not a dung pit, because the dung pit can be used to ferment compost).

In ancient paintings, private toilets looked like this, with a little exaggeration, but it was almost like this. In addition, we can see in the following that this form of toilet is sometimes a public toilet. If you are in Europe, especially in northern Europe, and see the following building structure, you should pay attention to the fact that you are directly under the toilet.

Summary:

1) The reason for the lack of public toilets in ancient Europe since the Middle Ages is that the sewers were abandoned and the sanitary conditions in cities were not paid attention to;

2) Modern Europeans criticized China for its poor sanitary conditions and lack of toilets because of the completion and use of developed sewer systems and the popularization of the invention of flush toilets in important cities in modern Europe;

3) The sanitary conditions of public toilets, sewer facilities and urban public facilities in ancient China were far superior to those in Europe;

4) The reasons for the lack of public toilets in modern Europe are relatively low urban population density, different lifestyles and high employment costs.