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Most apartments don't have fire escapes.

• JumpCrisscross 3y ago
  > Most apartments don't have fire escapes Show me the overlap between potential demand for drone delivery, on one hand, and people who have no porch, fire escape, balcony or window from which they can suspend a platform?
  • jeltz 3y ago
    Most of many European city centres?
  • capableweb 3y ago
    > porch, fire escape, balcony or window How many of those have a clear vertical space reaching to the sky? Most balconies around me in a European capital have other balconies above them, all up to the roof, which would be the only suitable place for a drone to land. No fire escapes at 99% of the buildings here.
    • JumpCrisscross 3y ago
      > How many of those have a clear vertical space reaching to the sky? Suburban porches are covered. If you can land on a porch you can land on a balcony.
      • capableweb 3y ago
        In this comment thread, the context is specifically cities with apartment buildings, not suburban houses.
  • leetcodesucks 3y ago
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  • stjohnswarts 3y ago
    Have you been to any modern downtown? LOTS of modern skyscrapers have no access other than the emergency exits and guarded entrances on the bottom floor(s)
    • JumpCrisscross 3y ago
      > LOTS of modern skyscrapers have no access other than the emergency exits and guarded entrances on the bottom floor(s) Fair enough, exempt luxury buildings with doormen and staff where they deliver packages to you anyway. Going off New York, San Francisco, Miami, London, Frankfurt, Roma, Napoli, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Montevideo, New Delhi, Bombay, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo and Seoul, I think that covers it.