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I'm new to the internet. Only got access to it 3 years ago. Didn't own a smartphone until last year. I'm curious how it was for people who discovered it earlier.

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[–] axby@lemmy.ca 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Its like this area of tall building that has little to no safety. No elevators, a staircase that ran from ground floor to like idk 7 or 8 floors? And the stairs were exposed to outside the building, meaning you could accidentally fall and die. It took a half an hour to get to the main road where you can actually take a bus and where the malls are at.

Could you share a picture of this? I tried to find one myself on the internet but couldn't. That sounds really interesting... were there handrails?

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 3 points 21 hours ago

There's no street view of the allyway where the entrances to the buildings are (a car can't fit in there).

So you go down the allyway, and there are entrances left and right. You have to open the door. Each building has a different key that everyone in the building has. You go in, it's the 1st floor, there's like this square area, and there like 2 units on the left 2 units on the right (I think). Then you turn your face 180° and there's are stairs right beside the tiny path you entered the building from, you go up, and like on this area, where I call the floor 1.5 (half way up to 2nd floor), you can see the outside...

Let me find a stock image...

So see that window thing? Imagine that whole window is gone, but replace with a barrier of cement as high as an adult's waist level. That's it! No safety nets or anything.

Like you can see a person standing in front of of the entrance of your building, you can jump over it and fall to your death. (I had intrusive thoughts abould falling out of the building, which is probably why I'm scared of heights)

They had nets over the windows in the apartment unit, but not on the stairs. Somebody getting drunk is definitely gonna leap over it and fall and die lol.