Eli5 why aren’t 2 story houses built with ramps instead of stairs?

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Are they just not practical? They seems cheaper to build instead of elevators for wheelchair bound people.

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Ramps require more than double the footprint a staircase does to be usable.

For ramps, an incline of over 10 degrees is damn near unusable, meanwhile staircases can have an incline over 45 degrees no problem.

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