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[–] [email protected] 61 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

An apartment complex with stairs and without an elevator.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Is it more common in some areas vs others? I've never heard the term used in real life, but I understood it from context.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I don't know but I am from NYC. I only heard the term used there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Makes sense. I haven't seen an apartment with an elevator in quite a while, so perhaps the distinction just doesn't matter here. Most apartment complexes here are 3 floors or less, and I think there's a cap at 5 floors or something for regular construction because the only ones bigger than that are the massive towers downtown.

[–] quinceyBones 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

So the entire complex is named that or just the stairwell?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

The building. A fifth floor walk up is very different than a fifth floor apartment with an elevator.

Stairs are just stairs.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 18 hours ago