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Arbitrary list time! And this one is pretty, uh, shitty: D.C. ranks second in the country in number of residential toilets per capita.
The data, which was crunched and compiled by Real Estate blog Redfin found that there are 98 toilets per every 100 people in D.C., with the total number of toilets clocking in at 5,460,900. How many gallons of water in flushing does that amount to a day? 95,565,750.
To put that in context, the city with the most amount of toilets per capita is Boulder, Co., which has 102 per every 100 people (with a total of 305,200 toilets and 5,341,000 gallons of water flushed every day).
To calculate this list, Redfin says they “looked at the most recent household and population data from the American Community Survey, along with county recorder data on the number of toilets present in each residence,” and crunched those numbers to come up with city-based rankings.
So why does D.C. have so many toilets per capita? “It’s definitely a consumer-driven trend,” D.C.-based Redfin agent Leslie White said in the report. “I don’t know when it took place, but having a master bathroom off the main bedroom is now seen as a requirement, whereas years ago, it was considered a luxury. I’ve toured lovely 100-year-old row houses, but if there’s only one bathroom for the three bedrooms on the top floor, my clients’ faces fall. They need that extra bathroom.”
Remember, D.C.: if it’s yellow, let it mellow. If it’s brown, flush it down.