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I've never visited the US, so I'm curious about what you mean.

The vertical gap between the floor and where the cubicle wall starts is huge. Like, knee height. So weird.

Knee height? I live in the US and have never seen this. I would say closer to ankle height.

i think the train station in Newark, NJ has them. Something about people ODing on the floor and no one finding out.

I wonder why ODing is not a problem in rest of the world. If I were to guess it's to save money and not becuase they were concerned about some random dude ODing.

Not sure about the super-high gap ones, but I'd bet the normal-gap (mid shin, maybe?) ones make cleaning a lot easier. A semi-permanent pre-fab wall especially is probably gonna have a lot of gross little nooks & crannies at floor level. Also means you don't need to match the walls to the room height, which probably makes them a lot cheaper.

I mean, imagine mopping one of those rooms. Bet you'd immediately be glad the partitions didn't reach the floor.

either way, you need to scrub the floors, unfortunately!

source: i am a cleaner.

If those knees belong to Peter Dinklage, maybe.

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