Most of Taiwan's old apartments are five floors or fewer with no elevator. Why?

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Six floors or more must have an elevator Elevators are only mandatory from the sixth floor up, so most builders simply stopped at five. Taiwan's code requires an elevator from six floors up, at over a million Taiwan dollars each, so most stopped at five. In 1968 UN advisor Monson found low walk-ups cheapest, and a 15-meter height cap sealed it. Nearly 390,000 Taipei homes are walk-ups.

Most of Taiwan's old apartments are five floors or fewer with no elevator. Why?

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