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[shoekitty]

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@THEY CallMe Mr Wilkes wrote:

Why Salt Lake I wonder?  And by a healthy margin. 

Any theories or hypotheses as to what's going on?

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@THEY CallMe Mr Wilkes   I wonder if it's a couple reasons. The saline soil eating pipes and the freeze thaw process that  effects the ground there?  Salt Lake when I have visited years ago has the widest streets. I heard they were designed in old days to turn a team of 8 horses around. It is the cleanest City I have ever visited by far. But restrooms are touchy.  Always signs about clogging.  You get through so much desert and salt flats to get to SLC, or any of the big towns. I wonder about that salt everywhere. JMO. Maybe someone could look it up

ETA

[sunshine45]

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@THEY CallMe Mr Wilkes wrote:

Why Salt Lake I wonder?  And by a healthy margin. 

Any theories or hypotheses as to what's going on?

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MONEY TALKS NEWS  article from 2020, but maybe the numbers are still not far off?

15 U.S. Cities With the Largest Families

Compare median household incomes and cost of living in these places, which have the largest average number of kids per family in the U.S.

Bigger families, bigger bathroom usage? 

SALT LAKE CITY IS #1

• Average number of kids per family: 2.16
• Proportion of families with kids headed by a single parent: 16.0%
• Median household income (dual-parent households): $89,026
• Median household income (single-parent households): $40,000
• Cost of living: 1.3% less than average

[THEY CallMe Mr Wilkes]

Interesting!  I love these facts.

NYC banned garbage disposals until 1997.  There were serious concerns about the impact on the aging water and sewer infrastructure.

Most older units don't have one.

[shoekitty]

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@THEY CallMe Mr Wilkes wrote:

Interesting!  I love these facts.

NYC banned garbage disposals until 1997.  There were serious concerns about the impact on the water and sewer system.

Most older units don't have one.

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@THEY CallMe Mr Wilkes   we have home built 1966, I live in smaller town.  We quit using garbage disposal a few years ago, and omg how it helps if you have drain issues. The gunk from disposal lines the sewer from home and builds. At least old ones like ours.  Lol

[Squirrels Are Trash]

Not surprised that Los Angeles is up there. Compared to Philadelphia, DC, NYC, and New Jersey--other places I have lived--I feel like I am constantly problem-solving plumbing issues. 

Just had the drain snaked on Monday. My plumbing crisises tend to occur on three-day-holiday weekends, but never Thanksgiving.

So far. 

[Caffeina]

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@sunshine45 wrote:

kind of glad i live in baltimore...... LOL

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They dumped raw sewage into the Jones Falls again yesterday, 1.7 million gallons. Maybe that's how they prevent clogs for residents.

[shoekitty]

also, I might add Los Angeles, New York, San Jose have populations of over 1 million people.  Los Angeles really dense and populated. Salt Lake isn't that big though, about 1/4 of a million people .  Lot of people using sewers 24/7. And if they are in California they get worn out fast like our roads.  They redo them, two years later worn down from traffic and semi's.  24 hrs a day

[bmorechick]

@Caffeina   It was not purposely dumped - the raw sewage seeped though a sewer manhole that led to the Jones Falls.  My cousin lives in Remington and was talking about it to my sister...sadly, the Jones falls flows into Inner Harbor - that water has been pollluted since the 1930's and I doubt they will ever clean it up.

[Caffeina]

@bmorechick 

I didn't mean it literally, but JMHO failing to maintain the system resulting in another oops! is no different than dumping it. I was last down Inner Harbor in 2004 for lunch at Hard Rock. It was right by ESPN Zone, which had an outdoor deck for dining. It was over the dark green water which stunk and had so much garbage floating in it.

[monicakm]

You ladies with sewer/septic issues or no issues but you have to be very careful, could rest easy and enjoy a house full of holiday company if you had bidets.  It doesn't have to be expensive and electric (Toto) either.  We had those at first.  I much prefer the non-electric ones that cost $60 vs $1000 electric ones.  You'll use 3/4+ less t-paper.  Install it yourself unless you opt for a hot water model.  That will take a little more expertise.  I think most DHs could do it.  It's not a whole seat, it's an attachment.

Amz $62.  You'll save that in t-paper (and countless trees) in a few months.