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That's the norm in most urban centers in Europe. Houses are older than elevators, there's no space for a refit, and rebuilding them from scratch is often not feasible due to the time and cost involved.
I didn't particularly mind it though. Been living anywhere from 2nd to 5th floor without one, and it's perfectly fine.
We also don't buy truckloads of groceries as it works in the US apparently, but pick up stuff we need for the evening or next day on the way back from work, and that's that. I hardly ever broke a sweat from shopping.
During covid we bought 2 weeks of groceries at a time.
So it would only have been aninconvenience once every 2 weeks? Or you could have adjusted your grocery shopping to your situation...or gotten a wheeled cart...or any number of things.
I've lived in multiple 3rd floor walk-ups and I loved it (with a dog that had to go out regularly). If you have a physical limitation that prevents doing stairs it would be a nightmare and moving in and out isn't great. Otherwise it's really not bad, a tiny bit of exercise isn't going to hurt an otherwise healthy adult.
I stayed in a high-rise flat once where the lift was regularly used as a urinal. Climbing the stairs was much preferable to riding up in a stinking box.