>Seriously, would you be willing to live on the 6th floor of a building where the only way out in a fire is a single staircase? I think the argument is: adding

>Seriously, would you be willing to live on the 6th floor of a building where the only way out in a fire is a single staircase? I think the argument is: adding a second staircase means creating a large hallway, which might make it easier for the fire to spread. I don't see why we shouldn't look at statistics. If something is statistically safer, wouldn't we want that?