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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

No disabled access almost everywhere, even in newer buildings.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is one thing I think America has done right, the ADA is so nice for people with disabilities. I want everyone to be able to experience everything so having the ADA being strong is perfectly okay with me. And I think both sides agree, everyone will get old someday!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Bear in mind, this is relatively recent in the US too. It's culturally connected with both the civil rights movement of the 1950s-1960s, and to the respect that Americans (sometimes) express for war veterans.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

This really depends on the place, but yeah some places have pretty awful mobility, like there's a path next to my house with stairs and no ramp on it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Inwinder where in Europe it's like this. Where I've been most places are accessible