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What percent of drinking fountains that you encounter work? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Since I left school I feel like nearly every water fountain I come by doesn't work. Maybe 70% of indoor ones don't work and 80% of outdoor ones don't work. Is this a US lack of public investment thing or are they just really annoying to maintain so no one does it anywhere. Is there a place where MLKs dream lives on and anyone can get a drink of water for free?

And by work I mean you're able to drink from them without making out with the slow dribble coming out of it.

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[โ€“] 4 points 1 year ago

I live in Denver suburbia, travel to the Midwest a couple times a year, and would say that 95% of the ones I come across work just fine. Outdoor ones can be a lot more hit and miss but other than that things are pretty reliable.

Also, there's a Lowe's near me with... I want to say 6 of them all next to each other. It was a really oddly overbuilt setup.

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