America - Sliding Down The Shitter

[downbeatplumb]

I recently faced a scare in which I thought I might end up homeless.  Naturally, some practical questions came to mind.  Most prominently, where I would go to the bathroom if that happened.  Is that problem less of a problem in a supposedly first-world country, by CapnAwesome's criteria, or is it still pretty shitty?  (No pun intended.  Well.  Maybe just a bit.)

Here they have closed down most of the public toilets to save expense and cut down on drug use. So the homeless shit in stair wells.
My son cleans housing estates for the council and cleans up the consequences every day.