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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
I don't agree with it being absurd at all. This lift solution is amazing on all counts - engineering, design creativity and functionality. It is also appropriate for the streetfront. The hotel could have done something ugly, cheap and barely passable for functionality; yet, they've chosen to do something outstanding and be proud of their building. Very commendable.
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The implementation is obviously very nice.
I'm just saying that it would be better for both the hotel, and for the disabled users to simply have someone ready to carry them up the stairs (or perhaps just take them around through a back door, and let them stay at the hotel for free.
Obviously, there is something about the dignity of being able to be independent. But would you choose to give that up to save a couple hundred bucks?
I wouldn't be surprised at all if that is a million dollar install for that lift. It probably gets used a couple hundred times in it's lifetime. Do the math.
I'm not saying that it's wrong to install this - but I think its worth thinking about what is actually better in some circumstances. Maybe what is better is to spend that million dollars somewhere else that would be significantly more beneficial.