Not sure if this is a London thing or a UK thing or what. It's definitely increased in frequency post-pandemic, but I'm currently 3 days in a row of seeing dudes peeing in public.

I grew up in the LA metro of California - I do not remember this being a thing. Not even when I was in the poorer parts of LA. Not that it didn't happen in the 30ish years I lived there, but not just a normal thing people do.

Here in London, I'm probably averaging 1-2 times per week.

Not talking drunk dudes on the weekend at 3AM in SOHO. This is 2PM at the park, with people around or a dude standing just off the street or a pair of dudes who've just decided to pee on a path just off the walkway on a major street in view of anyone walking by. Also, ages have ranged from young adult to senior.

Edit: To be clear this is not post drinking, this is just people who didn't appear to feel like a toilet was necessary. This have almost exclusively been like 11AM-3PM in a residential area with businesses with toilets, like pubs, around.

Edit 2: Also want to point out, this is just men. I have yet to see a woman so all the justifications for it only apply to men?

08/09/2023 Edit 3: Why don't men go to the pub? I've never had a problem using a pub toilet and they're everywhere.