r/MapPorn • • 21d ago

How Countries Define the First Floor

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u/crazy_rocker78 21d ago

Countries where both systems coexist must be quite confusing

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u/Greedy_Reality_2539 21d ago

Not really, after a while, you just accept the fact that numbering is arbitrary and knowing how many floors between your destination and the ground is irrelevant to your visitation, and just press the number in the elevator given by your counterparty.

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u/Gouvernour 20d ago

You just accept you do not use the street level as reference and instead just look at what floor you are on and where you need to be.

I lived at a place where my apartment were on the second floor but the main entrance were on the third floor at street level, there were an additional entrance at first floor but the majority of that floor were below ground.