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[-] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 36 points 3 days ago

In my walkup? Wtf is a walkup?

[-] Frog@lemmy.ca 64 points 3 days ago

An apartment complex with stairs and without an elevator.

[-] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago

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.

[-] Frog@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

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

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.

[-] Frog@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

There are older buildings in NYC that have a lot of floors that don't have elevators. One I looked at was 7 floors, it was called a 7 floor walk up. New buildings in NYC that are 5 floors or more higher need an elevator.

[-] quinceyBones@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

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

[-] Frog@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

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

Stairs are just stairs.

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