The wacky thing here in Central Oregon is that if a park/playground here has a "restroom", it is equipped with a Port-A-Potty. No standard bathrooms. Just these little shelters containing the "bathroom".
Sometime this spring, we met a man whose company has done the design work for some of the newer parks. If I am remembering the conversation accurately, when the parks are first built the maintenance is done by the neighborhood and then the park is eventually annexed by the city. The city does not want to worry about maintaining the "restrooms" which is where the Port-A-Potty comes into play. It does make sense from a cost saving measure. However, it has been annoying when we get to a playground where the Port-A-Potty "shelter" is sitting empty without said Port-A-Potty. Apparently those parks didn't make it into the city budget to have a "bathroom".
All that said, the playground Port-A-Potties are some of the cleanest and well maintained Port-A-Potties I have used in my lifetime.
Now you know.
Thanks. I feel so enlightened about the Oregon park system.
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