Actually, the data in this article under-represents that number of people without indoor plumbing, as the map only shows data on the county level versus the census blockgroup level.
That said, the merits of indoor plumbing vs composting toilets that are properly maintained in rural areas. Certainly indoor plumbing wastes lots of water, that takes a lot of energy to pump around and then clean and dispose of.
When New Jersey Transit upgraded the public address system at its Newark transit hub a year ago, they began piping in classical music along with the announcements on train arrivals and connections. The authority subscribed to a music service and station agents could select from different channels, which also include easy-listening and jazz.
The idea, said a NJ Transit spokesperson, is to relax customers “and make it more pleasant to traverse the facilities.”
But in cities from Atlanta to Minneapolis and London, there’s often a bigger strategy at work: turn on the great composers and turn away the loiterers, vagrants and troublemakers who are drawn to bus stations, malls and parking lots. Last month, the Associated Press reported on a YMCA in Columbus, OH that began piping Vivaldi into its parking lot, and claiming to disperse petty drug dealers as a result.
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