Open-air urinals are the talk of the town in Sydney, Australia.

It seems Sydney has a public urination problem that costs it roughly $7 million annually to clean up. The outdoor urinals, which afford little privacy and no visible hand-washing option, have been placed around the city in an attempt to get men to stop peeing on the streets.

The urinals are often trotted out in Europe and Canada, but they’re still a little shocking to some Australians, according to an AOL News story.

But it begs the questions: How would Seattle do with open-air urinals? Business owners in Pioneer Square have decried the availability of public restrooms lately, saying tourists and homeless people alike don’t have many options for relieving themselves in the city’s oldest neighborhood.

The city bought self-cleaning toilets to place around the city years ago, but they proved to be a haven for prostitutes, drug dealers and addicts.

These, at least, probably wouldn’t have that problem.

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