• @can@sh.itjust.works
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    12 months ago

    What? Why? On the east coast I’ve mostly seen ground as first floor. Sometimes below ground is counted though.

      • @pedz@lemmy.ca
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        42 months ago

        I’ve lived in Québec all my life, been in Montréal for 17 years, and I’ve never seen a building that uses the European style of floor numbering. It throws me off when I go in Europe. You may have experienced the exception rather than the rule.

        We usually have RC (rez-de-chaussée/road level), 2, 3, 4…

        • @Willy@sh.itjust.works
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          12 months ago

          could be. they have all been the same type of building so maybe a querk. it started off being designed “normal” and then they changed it.