ieya404 t1_isvnmsz wrote on October 19, 2022 at 1:01 AM

As opposed to a public indoor bathroom? Please say a crapper in the kitchen was never a thing... :)

Ryjinn t1_isvxeq4 wrote on October 19, 2022 at 2:14 AM

No, but a shared bathroom between multiple tenants was pretty common.

ieya404 t1_isx9vp8 wrote on October 19, 2022 at 11:34 AM

Ahh, of course - like when you might have found an older (very old now!) hotel where not all rooms were en suite.

PM_Me_British_Stuff t1_isxu8ma wrote on October 19, 2022 at 2:24 PM

Or simply a hostel, lol

goug t1_it0bvcs wrote on October 20, 2022 at 12:26 AM

or an outhouse

marmorset t1_isxmik5 wrote on October 19, 2022 at 1:27 PM

Bathtubs in the kitchen used to be a thing. That's where you produced the hot water, that's where you took baths. Indoor plumbing came about much earlier than indoor plumbing with heated water. You'd use your stove to heat the water, there was no hot water system.

Cold water flats were the standard apartment in NYC and many big cities until after WW II.