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Show HN: PeeYork, Bathroom finder app for NY

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Re: Show HN: PeeYork, Bathroom finder app for NY

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Post by yusuke242424 »

Teknoman117 wrote: post #12
hamburgerwah wrote: post #9

The HN crowd loves to promote urbanization, density, blah blah blah. The fact that such an app exists at all is de facto proof of a failed city. Just a comic level of dysfunction. "NYC, we're so progressive we can't even address the basic requirements to support human life"

Yeah. I always make sure to hit a restroom before driving through a city. Few things suck as much as feeling the call of nature while you're stuck on surface streets in the middle of a big city. Where are you going to be able to temporarily park your car and where is the restroom. In the less dense zones, it's just stop at the next gas station/mcdonalds/starbucks/whatever. Less dense than that, just run into the wood…

I learned to pee before going out in NY. This is a mandatory action. Also decided to not hold until the last minute.

Re: Show HN: PeeYork, Bathroom finder app for NY

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Post by yusuke242424 »

mindvirus wrote: post #21
hamburgerwah wrote: post #9

The HN crowd loves to promote urbanization, density, blah blah blah. The fact that such an app exists at all is de facto proof of a failed city. Just a comic level of dysfunction. "NYC, we're so progressive we can't even address the basic requirements to support human life"

NYC has plenty of reasonably well maintained public restrooms, they can just be hard to find if you don't know where they are.

True. Especially it’s hard to find at night time as they close around 8 or 10pm. Where should drunk people pee at night time?

Re: Show HN: PeeYork, Bathroom finder app for NY

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Post by yusuke242424 »

comdicap wrote: post #27

Interesting. I mean I have been using Where is Public Toilet app for years. That app is crowd sourced, so you can suggest bathroom location. Not sure how this app is different.

You can enjoy adding bathroom locations and review it. Actually I wanted to make it to Airbnb for bathroom by partnering with many merchants.

Re: Show HN: PeeYork, Bathroom finder app for NY

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Post by RileyJames »

yusuke242424 wrote: post #70
RileyJames wrote: post #41

When I was van dwelling around the US I was blown away at how inviting NYC was for van living. I was expecting it to be the hardest place in the US due to density, but it was one of the easiest. First spot I checked was a dead end street next to a warehouse in Williamsburg. Backing onto the Hudson. Beautiful Manhattan views. A park on one side, and another a block down with a bathroom. And immediately fell into a com…

I want to make an app for van life in the future.

This was the most useful app I found: https://apps.apple.com/au/app/ioverlander/id894352689

- offline first (tho the background map didn’t work, but the items on the map were there which was more critical) - wiki style info, so it was usually accurate

Built off OSM maps, and I think data entered into it was fed back to OSM. Tho that portion was vague.

Let me know if you make something.

Re: Show HN: PeeYork, Bathroom finder app for NY

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Post by holler »

yusuke242424 wrote: post #64
holler wrote: post #8

Neat. I've been holding onto a domain thronehunter.com, for 10 years now, after a stint at a startup in a downtown metro, where the office was a very small "loft" with 10+ people squeezed in. Myself and a few others fairly quickly had an aversion to using the lone bathroom in the loft for respectful reasons and instead began seeking out bathrooms at nearby hotels and elsewhere. We would often joke "hey I'm going to r…

It’s better to collaborate with hotels to scale this idea. I want to do Airbnb for bathroom to be honest.

haha, it's not a bad idea, although not sure how to monetize it? lmk if you want to brainstorm and/or use thronehunter.com

Re: Show HN: PeeYork, Bathroom finder app for NY

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Post by nerdponx »

mikeryan wrote: post #43
ytdytvhxgydvhh wrote: post #16

This is my go-to app to find bathrooms: https://www.starbucks.com/store-locator

My go to in Manhattan is just to walk into the nearest big hotel like you’re a guest and find the restroom off the lobby.

This works in pretty much any American city.

If anything, you have to be careful with this in New York specifically, because some of the little boutique hotels have tiny lobbies that don't have a bathroom. Make sure to go for a big brand-name hotel.

The outer boroughs are trickier, but I've found that McDonald's and KFC generally have open bathrooms. And gas stations with attached convenience stores, which do exist in Queens.

Re: Show HN: PeeYork, Bathroom finder app for NY

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Post by mikeryan »

yusuke242424 wrote: post #59
mikeryan wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My go to in Manhattan is just to walk into the nearest big hotel like you’re a guest and find the restroom off the lobby.

As a tourist, I didn’t know this. Will try this next time. I was wondering if I should pay tips or not in that case.

Unless there’s a bathroom attendant you’re just ignored. Tips wouldn’t be necessary.

Re: Show HN: PeeYork, Bathroom finder app for NY

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Post by ThePadawan »

ytdytvhxgydvhh wrote: post #37
crispyalmond wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My local one doesn't allow customers in the bathroom unless they buy something. Are there ones that don't?

At a corporate level there was an open bathroom policy instituted a few years back [0]. I’m not aware of that changing but I’m also not surprised that a local outlet might not comply with that policy. 0: https://people.com/food/starbucks-bathroom-policy-change-arr...

TIL they changed this policy.

Used to be the bathroom had a PIN lock, and the PIN was printed on your receipt. (I assumed it rotated regularly)

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