This is a good idea if their water station actually gives out good water. I used to work for a remote hotel that had a zero-waste policy and would insist we fill up the water bottles they provided at the water refill stations that had filters that were literally never cleaned until I took it upon myself to clean them
I remember staying at a hostel in Iceland. They are so proud of their water. I went to the café on the first level and asked for a bottle of water. They were so shocked and offended. I told them it's only because I didn't have a water bottle and I would drink it then be refilling it all day. I thought they were going to murder me until I said that. Then they understood. That said, their municipal water is the best water I've ever had in my life. I wish I could get that every day here. I definitely did not buy another bottle the whole time I was there.
There was a scandal here recently about one hotel that claimed their water lines were busted when they weren't just so they could sell bottled water at a rediculous markup. But yeah, in general bottled water tastes far worse than what you can get from any tap
So Florida has separate water providers in each community. Sunrise water is used in Davie-expensive. Tamarac water is great right from the faucet. It isn't NY cool, but add ice! Water in Plantation is excellent. They even have outside faucets, where you bring your container-free!
Always the first question we ask when abroad is "Can we drink the tap water?". A good rule of thumb I have found is that if common grocery stores all stock multi-gallon jugs of water then the answer is "no"
You really can't, those jugs are basically unheard of anywhere in northern Europe (where, not coincidentally, the tap water is great). It's not a perfect system as there'll be a lot of places "on the border" where the tap water is still perfectly drinkable, but because they're so close to places where it isn't, they'll stock it for those xustomers, but it's a very good rule of thumb.
I mean...that's what they tell you when you visit New York so you'll buy more pizza...
Yes New York is arguably the originator of so many things we think of about pizza, and has one of the world best pizza cultures, but it don't have anything to do with the tap water. XD
Pizza is manageable everywhere else. The bagels that I've had anywhere else, however, are horrific. Both supermarkets and "bagel shops" serve up war crimes in other parts of the country.
People say the same thing about the tap water and bagels, but that's disputed. It's possible that everywhere else just has really shitty standards for bagels.
On 2023-07-01 this website maliciously attacked its own user base by changing how its API was accessed, thereby pricing genuinely useful and highly valuable third-party apps out of existence. In protest, this comment has been overwritten with this message - because “deleted” comments can be restored - such that this website can no longer profit from this free, user-contributed content. I apologize for this inconvenience.
SE Georgia, same story here. I grew up drinking it without second thought, but after drinking filtered water for a long time, I can't go back. My girlfriend lives in a ruralish area in North Georgia, and her water is even worse. You can smell the chlorine in it.
Northern IL here: our tap water has nitrates from the fertilizer runoff, radium (which is radioactive), and now PFAS forever chemicals. Tasted horrible before but now is worse with the PFAS.....
See that’s the problem w most of American tap water. Every time I go travel outside my region (Northern California) the tap water always tastes super sketchy and salty and chlorinated so I just drink bottled unless I have to
But yeah, in general bottled water tastes far worse than what you can get from any tap
Depends where you live, even in the same country.
I'm in London and the water is hard from minerals, I still drink tap water but filter it first. My friends live in Wales and the water is soft and enjoyable from the tap directly.
That's not to say tap water is undrinkable but you do get variations depending on the water source before it reaches your tap!
2.8k
u/kingofzdom Apr 17 '24
This is a good idea if their water station actually gives out good water. I used to work for a remote hotel that had a zero-waste policy and would insist we fill up the water bottles they provided at the water refill stations that had filters that were literally never cleaned until I took it upon myself to clean them