Data journalism may have just jumped the shark.
Real estate brokerage firm Redfin recently calculated the number of residential toilets per capita in the country’s biggest metropolitan areas.
Boulder, Colorado is the winner, so to speak: 102 commodes per 100 people. That’s 305,200 total toilets, using more than 5.3 million gallons of water per day. Miami, Florida comes up last at 62 per 100, and the national average floats at 83.
Redfin says too few toilets in a home is often a deal breaker for many prospective buyers. After all, nobody likes standing outside the bathroom waiting for Dad to finish reading the newspaper.
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