Why are stairs used more than slopes?

Question

Stairs are harder to walk, and higher risk of injury than slopes (imagine falling from stairs versus falling from slope).

So why aren’t slopes used more commonly in buildings?

Even stairs-shaped escalators are more common than slope-shaped escalators.

**Edit:** By “slopes”, I mean “ramps”. Pardon my English.

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Answer 1

Your logic is completely wrong. A slope at the same angle as stairs is significantly harder to climb than the stairs