Re:Could housing be cheaper and better if we stop building s...
by Sharlin on Saturday December 25, 2021 @08:49AM
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Anecdotal, but I've never heard of an apartment building fire where people get trampled trying to escape. This in Europe where many if not most countries do not mandate a second escape route for midrise buildings. It's simply not a problem. You're supposed to shelter in your apartment anyway, which almost always is much safer than the hallway in case of a fire.
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Re:Could housing be cheaper and better if we stop building s...
by pipeline_peak on Saturday December 25, 2021 @09:31AM
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“ Overcrowding during emergency evacuation can cause crowd stampede and trampling that will lead to serious injuries or fatalities. ”
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S09600...
Re:Could housing be cheaper and better if we stop building s...
by Sharlin on Saturday December 25, 2021 @10:13AM
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Yes, but that is about large crowded events specifically, where the crowds can be tens to hundreds of times larger than the number of residents in a midrise, and remaining in a specifically constructed fire-and-smoke-resistant shelter (one’s home) is not an alternative.