I've lived in several cities in the US over the past decade and noticed that delivery drivers in different regions have distinctly different norms regarding thi

I've lived in several cities in the US over the past decade and noticed that delivery drivers in different regions have distinctly different norms regarding this. I lived on the 36th floor of a building in Chicago with a doorman, and I would consistently get the driver coming to up to my door. I don't think I ever once had to meet them in the lobby. When I lived in Seattle very very few drivers would come in from the sidewalk even when I lived in a first floor unit maybe 50' from the street. I'd buzz them in and they'd wait in the threshold with the door open. Beyond that, maybe 20% of drivers would only call me, never buzz, and expect me to come out to their car to grab my food. I lived in Chicago again more recently in a 4th floor walk up, and I'd usually try to go down and meet them (habit from Seattle, and also it was a lot of stairs and I felt bad), but they'd consistently come hustling up the stairs before I got the chance to come down and meet them. Other places I lived fell somewhere between Seattle and Chicago on this spectrum.