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		RandallBrown on June 5, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Behind the Messy, Expensive Split Between Facebook... I think it's partly practical and partly cost savings. Shorter walls are cheaper, but it also makes it easier to clean, easier to help someone in case of an emergency, and easier to tell if the stall is occupied.

ascorbic on June 5, 2018 [–]

They're a $500bn company. I think that can afford an extra foot of door.

RandallBrown on June 5, 2018 | [–]

Sure, but the default is going to be for shorter doors.

Someone needs to ask for long doors in order to have them built in the US.

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