# How Many Stairs Are You Willing to Climb to Your Apartment? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 10, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-stairs-are-you-willing-to-climb-to-your-apartment/665883 "2013-08-10T18:01:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-stairs-are-you-willing-to-climb-to-your-apartment/665883/1 "2013-08-10T18:01:38Z")
"With 47 floors of living space it was intended to be the tallest residential building in Europe…The towers were originally designed to be only 20 floors high, but ambitious developers decided to double the scale of the project midway through. A lift exists for the first 20 floors, but beyond that there is only the stairs. And reports seen by Spain’s El Pais newspaper suggest there is no more space for another lift or motor equipment." > **[News Headlines | Today's UK & World News | Daily Mail Online](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/index.html)** > > All the latest breaking UK and world news with in-depth comment and analysis, pictures and videos from MailOnline and the Daily Mail. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-stairs-are-you-willing-to-climb-to-your-apartment/665883/2 "2013-08-10T20:36:35Z")
Not that many. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-stairs-are-you-willing-to-climb-to-your-apartment/665883/3 "2013-08-10T20:50:31Z")
Must have been designed by a defense contractor. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-stairs-are-you-willing-to-climb-to-your-apartment/665883/4 "2013-08-10T20:52:52Z")
All of them. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-stairs-are-you-willing-to-climb-to-your-apartment/665883/5 "2013-08-10T21:14:57Z")
I spent a summer in an Italian 100-step walkup, no air conditioning. I rarely went out more than twice a day. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-stairs-are-you-willing-to-climb-to-your-apartment/665883/6 "2013-08-11T01:11:50Z")
I can only assume that the developers had no particular moneteray incentive in the units being sold. This obviously can’t be any kind of mistake, so whoever had this built probably knew he would get some profit just from building it, regardless of whether it could be inhabited or not. The alternative (nobody in charge noticing that elevators were missing and that it would be a problem) seems impossible. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-stairs-are-you-willing-to-climb-to-your-apartment/665883/7 "2013-08-11T01:19:22Z")
Depends on all the usual factors - rent/cost and neighborhood and amenities and so on. I wonder if it would be even possible to find a moving company willing to get your furniture up to the top floor of the place. edit: After reading the article I’m not sure if you could pay me to live there. Sounds like it could collapse at any minute. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-stairs-are-you-willing-to-climb-to-your-apartment/665883/8 "2013-08-11T01:22:06Z")
Top floor would be fine with me, once I get my jetpack. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-stairs-are-you-willing-to-climb-to-your-apartment/665883/9 "2013-08-11T02:44:53Z")
Think of it as a fitness plan disguised as an apartment. Guaranteed to keep you trim and slim. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-stairs-are-you-willing-to-climb-to-your-apartment/665883/10 "2013-08-11T02:50:56Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Think of it as a fitness plan disguised as an apartment. Guaranteed to keep you trim and slim. And furniture-free. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-stairs-are-you-willing-to-climb-to-your-apartment/665883/11 "2013-08-11T03:02:23Z")
It is an unusable building. It will have to be torn down and re-built. I’d hate to be the architect, or whoever decided to change the building from 20 to 47 floors. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-stairs-are-you-willing-to-climb-to-your-apartment/665883/12 "2013-08-11T03:19:39Z")
We live on the sixth floor and routinely walk up. It’s about the only exercise we get. I’d say that’s about the limit. If we were on the 7th floor, I might be taking the elevator. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-stairs-are-you-willing-to-climb-to-your-apartment/665883/13 "2013-08-11T03:24:00Z")
The OP’s linked article is way better than the one in my thread about this… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-stairs-are-you-willing-to-climb-to-your-apartment/665883/14 "2013-08-11T04:00:52Z")
I could live on the top floors if there is a helipad. And I’m a billionaire and could afford a helicopter. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-stairs-are-you-willing-to-climb-to-your-apartment/665883/15 "2013-08-11T04:05:10Z")
Eh, why don’t they just stop building it? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-stairs-are-you-willing-to-climb-to-your-apartment/665883/16 "2013-08-11T04:09:31Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Eh, why don’t they just stop building it? They still had parts left over. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-stairs-are-you-willing-to-climb-to-your-apartment/665883/17 "2013-08-11T04:14:49Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > We live on the sixth floor and routinely walk up. It’s about the only exercise we get. I’d say that’s about the limit. If we were on the 7th floor, I might be taking the elevator. It’s the perfect building for base jumpers. They’ll climb anything. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-stairs-are-you-willing-to-climb-to-your-apartment/665883/18 "2013-08-11T04:50:50Z")
It’s the perfect building for me, I can only count to 20 in Spanish, so anything above that doesn’t really exist. But really, can’t you add on an outside elevator? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-stairs-are-you-willing-to-climb-to-your-apartment/665883/19 "2013-08-11T05:52:56Z")
Looks like any strap-on elevator would probably peel off at the next full moon… ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-stairs-are-you-willing-to-climb-to-your-apartment/665883/20 "2013-08-11T06:17:07Z")
> [@Darth\_Nader](#): > > Looks like any strap-on elevator would probably peel off at the next full moon… Anytime somebody starts talking about strap-on’s, I get nervous. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-stairs-are-you-willing-to-climb-to-your-apartment/665883.md?page=2)