most likely reason is they got rid of as many as possible so they could ban homeless people more easily. God forbid you go into a place without buying something, right?

henrico parks. Not much to speak of in Richmond.

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This is America, there aren't any.

Some of the JRPS entrances have a single portapotty

Grocery stores, Sheetz, Wawa are your best bets. . I work in a van and go all over town for 10 hour shifts. Few options in the fan/downtown unless you grab food somewhere

When I was working in a similarly restroom-less NYC, the best advice I got was to walk into a bar like you belonged there, go straight to the toilet, then walk out. Confidence is key…

Fast food places are good, depending on the location they are cleaned frequently. (Yes, I know the one you go to is bad, I don't need details). Hospitals are by far the best, they have solo locking doors.

Hate not having restrooms in city parks. Especially ones with playgrounds.

Yeah that’s how you gotta do it. Don’t ask, don’t make small talk, just a smile and a nod and walk straight into it. Most people don’t give a shit as long as you aren’t shitting on the walls or shooting up.

Byrd Park has a bathroom. Other than that, Hollywood Cemetery is the only other public bathroom in the city I can think of.

Jefferson park does but it has been locked since 2020.

Get yourself a Uroclub: https://www.amazon.com/Uroclub-Portable-Urinal-Guaranteed-Novelty/dp/B01LWY91O2

If you’re downtown, you can always go to a grocery store like Kroger or Fresh Market. Other than that, you usually need to be a paying customer at a restaurant to use one of their restrooms.

Forest Hill Park has a bathroom but it’s always in incredibly bad shape and there’s a guy who usually sits on one of the two toilets all day long/seems to also live there

Kroger restroom is decent. Publix is better. The Daily has the best restrooms in Carytown.

This is America, it’s one big outhouse

You will not be refuse the bathroom in most public places.

CVS, Food Lion, gas station... As a retail worker I can assure you we don't give half a rats ass.

Didn’t realize they stayed open that long. Chimborazo has been closed for like 20 years.

Libraries

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Hotels. Sometimes I go in just to look at the design

Hotels. Marriott and Omni.

opposed to where? they are legally required at public gathering spaces (basically food establishments or anywhere with a water fountain) and voluntarily offered by national retail. its an american stereotype, much easier to find here than europe or south america. here specifically theres construction all over town with portajons.

There are portajohns at Huguenot Flatwater

It's an issue because of drug use. That's why the Bryan Park one, for example, has been closed. Now there are portapotties.

It’s a problem. I carry a roll of TP in my car and a small amount in my backpack/bike trunk and have noted where all the park restrooms are. I often come to the city for recreation and don’t want to have to go into a business to pee. I plan many walks and bike rides around where I know the restrooms to be. Not every park has them and some they don’t keep open all the time.

Yeah this pisses me off. We need to complain to the city.

There was a time when there was public restrooms in cities but starting in the 70s these were delegated to the private sector, and eventually the private sector closed these.

Wawa and sheetz have shitty bathrooms. Good for in a pinch, but I drive by them looking for other places.

Hands down, best bathrooms…….Food Lion. They are always in the back. Always cleanish, no one hardly ever goes in them even when I’m sitting there for 15 mins.

Lowes/Home Depot, Publix, gas stations all suck. Barnes and Noble are decent. Target are usually good too. There’s a couple apartment buildings downtown that are unlocked and have clean bathrooms too, but I’m not giving up those secrets.

Source: I work out of a work van doing service calls at peoples houses for the last 15+ years.

it’s kinda funny because you have to analyze the space in a split second. especially in nyc the locations of thr bathroom aren’t always intuitive. once i had to walk through the hot kitchen with active food cooking to go pee

hotel lobbies are my go-to. cleaner than fast food. no feeling awkward for not buying anything. no one knows if you're staying there or not.

>much easier to find here than europe

lol not my experience at all and to go even farther private businesses in europe are way more likely to allow non-paying customers to use the restroom for a small fee. usually like 50cent or a euro.

in the states most businesses besides big box stores don't offer public restrooms.

the best tip I can give anyone besides libraries and museums is hotel lobbies. Especially in the city.

> once i had to walk through the hot kitchen with active food cooking to go pee

Haha I have never taken it that far but that is kinda funny.

If you can find a Chick Fil A, they are almost always good.

Any building at vcu

Walmart

Capital One Cafe if you're in Carytown!