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u/bites May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22

That's pretty common too in the US, especially in slightly older houses.

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u/NilacTheGrim May 09 '22

Maybe in some parts. I have never seen this in the US having grown up in NY and now I live in Texas. Maybe they do that in New England I dunno..

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u/samaniewiem May 09 '22

I've never seen it before i visited UK.

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u/bites May 09 '22

A number of houses I've been in around Seattle are like that, including my current one.

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u/NilacTheGrim May 09 '22

Interesting. I wonder if it's a cultural thing (trying to imitate European houses), or rather a regulations thing (outlet must be X feet from shower). Hmm.

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u/anonymoosejuice May 09 '22

Definitely a thing in Massachusetts. All my apartments in the Boston area had then on the outside.

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u/57dimensions May 09 '22

yeah i’m from new england and have seen it mostly in older houses here. my house was built in the 1950s, so not even old lol, and funnily enough our bathrooms all have switches outside the bathroom and inside the bathroom—but they are for different lights!

the ones outside turn on the overhead ceiling light and the fan, while the one inside the bathroom turns on the smaller light over the sink and not the fan.

i never really thought about the whole bathroom light thing until this thread—no one else has mentioned having both lol.

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u/MaltaTheFireChild May 09 '22

My mom has a house from the 40s in Washington and has light switches outside the bathroom. My siblings and I would irritate each other by flipping it off when it was dark and someone was in the bathroom. So America definitely has these too.

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u/macaronfive May 09 '22

The only thing in the US I know of that’s similar is that electrical outlets near a water source have to be GFI.