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Many moons ago in France I remember there being these public restrooms in parks that cost like $.25 to use, but then washed themselves before you got in/after. Could that be the next phone booth style trend? I would happily pay $.50-1 to know its a clean bathroom that is disinfected. On a busy new york street with tons of foot traffic at $.50 the machine could easily generate $5-10k/day gross.



>>>On a busy new york street with tons of foot traffic at $.50 the machine could easily generate $5-10k/day gros

I think you're an order of magnitude too high on that estimate. If a bathroom was used for 45 seconds, cleaned for 15, and then immediately back in use every minute of the day (which is probably a crazy estimate), it would generate $30 an hour, or $720 a day.


eh, you're probably right. I was thinking a street like 5th ave which has hundred thousand people walking up it every day.


We have them in San Francisco. Apparently, they are not so great. http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/nevius/article/It-s-time-to-ra...




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