Why do Americans refuse to drink bottled water?

Because that's third worldism. If the government can't afford to pipe water to my house I'm just not gonna pay taxes until they do. And because of how American insurance policies work, I'm within my right to forfeit the house as almost every homeowner's insurance policy requires clean potable water. Banks are required to take back properties that cannot be insured, and the insurance company would pay the claim. The same for working toilets and some sort of heater. If these things weren't required America would be mexico with delivered water, privies and fireplaces.

>>212638994
ditto, in many places you actually can't legally purchase a residence unless you buy insurance first. Similar to a car. There's ways around this but buying a property as-is without any inspections or insurance verification means the cost of a failed home inspection is 100% on the buyer. Most states will red tag a house if it doesn't have clean water inside it and if there's no insurance policy, the buyer then has to declare the property abandoned and they do NOT get their money back from the bank. In some places this goes for ungrounded outlets and K&T wiring too.

>>212639034
>home inspection
What kind of kikery is that?

>>212639244
for the insurance to assess claims, obviously?

>>212638994
Indian first world status confirmed.

>>212639312
>insurance
Kikery confirmed.

>>212639244
In capitalist nations, just because you can afford a house doesn't mean you can afford the consequences of owning one. Most states implemented mandate homeowners insurance such that if a major disaster happens, the economy isn't permanently fucked. Of course this only works if the building code is enforced, it wasn't in California which led to all the insurance company bankruptcies after the big fires last year. So one goes the other, even if the state doesn't enforce the building code the market will as the market will refuse to accept the risk of badly built homes.

This encourages people to buy newer homes that have modern safety improvements eg grounded outlets, wiring conduits, electric heat, windows not above 48" from the floor, non-asbestos insulation, et cet and discourages older homes. In this way the availability of premodern structures slowly declines as people won't buy them. And in regards to OP's question, any house old enough to NOT have a clean water hookup is either far out in the country or some sort of outbuilding on an industrial lot, neither of which can get insurance as a home. Though they can often get insurance as something else, but using industrial properties for housing is against the law and against the policy which means no money if the property burns down or the tenants are poisoned, raped or murdered.

>>212638940 (OP)
Water pressure from municipal pipes has nothing to do with your toilet's ability to store water, her toilet just needs repair

>>212639634
Definitely kikery.

>>212638994
>>212639034

>>212639942
Oh please. I think you know exactly where they make the plastic crap

>>212638940 (OP)
>flushing your toilet with bottled water
Do ladyboys really?

>>212639942
What do you think is in the plastic of those bottled water you're drinking?

>>212639942
That's the case all over the world.
https://foreverpollution.eu/map/

Literally everyone has PFAS in their blood and it never leaves, just accumulates. Or well, bloodletting is a way of getting rid of PFAS. Donating blood is good for you in that sense.

>>212639634
Same here. Though here you can get an insurance that covers basically nothing beyond stuff like vandalism and the like

>>212638940 (OP)
Bottled water tastes like shit, and why would I waste money on something I already get nearly free pumped to my house?

>>212638940 (OP)
I want less microplastics in my balls.

>>212639978
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>>212640126
Who created these forever chemicals?

>>212638940 (OP)
It's a symptom of rabies.

>>212640303
Our shitty boomer elites.