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https://x.com/roybelly/status/1882945942477029771

Context for the title, in case you're wondering: https://archive.is/UL7jK

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[-] ysjet@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

The problem is that this fire code wasn't written in blood, it was written in cash. The specific code they were violating was that commercial zones cannot house people on the first floor. That's it. There's no actual safety issue there.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Just so we're clear, that's the ground floor?

[-] ysjet@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Correct- in other words, the one that is fastest and easiest to get out of in the case of a fire.

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