re: Public restrooms: U.S. vs Europe

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For some reason in the US we like to have 2 inch gaps in the door stall and also 2 feet from the ground

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I never looked at our public toilet stalls the same after going to Europe. I have no idea why we collectively chose prison-style as the theme.

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With the only caveat that in office buildings it doesn't seem like they pump in very much AC.

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Were you there before or after the 2011 tsunami and the Fukushima incident? After Fukushima, Japan made broad efforts to cut power consumption and cut back on nuclear power production.

They made other cultural changes like implementing summertime CoolBiz dresscodes in many businesses and reducing AC in hotels and office towers to compensate for using less electricity than they used to. (They still almost never wear shorts once they hit junior high though, other than for sports.)