Those who live in their cars etc and depend on gyms for their showers each day.
shareDo gyms let you shower without a membership? I can't see a homeless person paying for a gym membership.
sharePeople who have jobs and live in their cars often have gym memberships.
shareNot something that happens here. Gym memberships are quite expensive here.
sharei have never heard of this
shareI think that's one of the things the YMCA served as at one time.
Not a catch all for every down-on-their-luck person, but where some people could go to clean up.
In today's society it sounds bad, but back when we figured government might help, there were institutions that might afford a stop-gap solution. Now that government has abdicated responsibility for it's unfortunate citizens, it's impossible for charitable organizations to keep up with the flood.
Probably as indoor plumbing became mainstream those places became less and less frequented.
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