[Drew68]

The city chose the model because it’s tamper-resistant, easy to clean and durable; the city’s public works website boasts that the design “make[s] rummaging more difficult” and that the stainless steel pipe construction leaves “less space for graffiti tags.”

From San Francisco's $1.7 million porta potty to these new $550k trash cans, every effort and expense needs to be designed in a manner to prevent San Francisco's own residents from intentionally destroying them.

A civilized society could enjoy cheap public restrooms and trash cans but not San Francisco.

[Leaning Right]

> A civilized society could enjoy cheap public restrooms and trash cans but not San Francisco. <

Given the sad condition San Francisco is in, I wonder how many people would even bother to use a trash can. After all, if you can relieve yourself anywhere, why not just throw your trash anywhere?