'I have been spoiled': American says Singapore has better public bathrooms than US and Europe

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Ever complained about the state of a public bathroom in Singapore? We may actually have it better than some other places. Jenna, an American who has lived in Singapore before moving to the Netherlands, shared her two cent in a TikTok video last Thursday (April 25). She's been in public restrooms in different parts of the US, the Netherlands and...

Jenna, an American who has lived in Singapore before moving to the Netherlands, shared her two cent in a TikTok video last Thursday .

"Because they're free, you see a lot of bathroom 'abuse' and if you're in a big city, you would absolutely avoid a public bathroom at all costs unless you were in an emergency situation," Jenna said bluntly. "But they haven't been to the US. They don't understand what a bad bathroom looks like. Their idea of 'not great is' like what you would hope for in the US," Jenna shared based off personal experience.

A nationwide study by Singapore Management University in 2023 found that public toilets in coffee shops "are as dirty as in 2020", while hawker centres have seen "some improvements" in public hygiene standards. "Despite improvements in the state of public hygiene at hawker centres compared to 2020, Singaporeans hope that more can be done to improve the toilet sanitation at coffee shops," the report revealed.

 

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