People want "public" rather than "private."
Public is ... free, right? Wide open. Sharing. Available to everyone. All good things.
"Private" is ... selfish, closed, for the rich. Clearly, public must be better. But then why do the words "public toilet" make me cringe? I think: dirty, smelly, ugly, maybe dangerous.
Lots of people think that. I know because I watch tourists stare at the long…