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No windows, madness, is the big shitty really all that to suffer solitary confinement...and pay for it to boot?

Unlike solitary confinement, you are always free to leave your apartment and enjoy the city. If you rent this sort of apartment then you should be prepared to live a lifestyle that does not involve expecting to be entertained by things that are in your apartment; if you want to do that then you can live anywhere else.

>>> If you rent this sort of apartment then you should be prepared to live a lifestyle that

... might include roasting to death due to a fire blocking your only egress.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/pdf/2010/2009_fdny_year_end.pdf

I don't know you, but I can tell you with confidence that you have better things to worry about.

Whatever that is, Firefox can't display it. And personally I don't worry. I'm not "living" in one of those cells.

It is called a "PDF". It presents data on fire related deaths in New York City. They are practically a rounding error. Congratulations on finding a nicer place to live.

I can see it's a damn PDF. Complain to Mozilla that Fox won't display it. And I wasn't about to DL so you could make a point that probably could have been made w/o a PDF.

> Complain to Mozilla that Fox won't display it.

That is probably what you should be doing, not complaining to me.

Ha. But I'm not sure I want Firefox to display them.

Basically, the point of the PDF is that fire deaths and response times are decreasing, even while the EMS call volume is increasing.

That's more due to less fire hazards than in the past (minus the illegal apartments, which now increase them). Better building materials. Old apartments and houses used to be real fire traps. Also, I think smoke detectors have a lot to do with it. But it's not helping that firehouses continue to be shut down due to budget cuts. Some day we will be paying for that in lives lost.

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