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Why are the floors labeled backwards from the reality, with the lowest floor at the top? Is this common in the U.S.?[[Special:Contributions/141.101.81.220|141.101.81.220]] 13:21, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
 
Why are the floors labeled backwards from the reality, with the lowest floor at the top? Is this common in the U.S.?[[Special:Contributions/141.101.81.220|141.101.81.220]] 13:21, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
 
:No, most, if not all, buildings in the US have the highest floor on top and the lowest floor on bottom, with everything else in descending order as you look from top to bottom. [[User:Mulan15262|Mulan15262]] ([[User talk:Mulan15262|talk]]) 03:33, 10 June 2014 (UTC)Mulan15262
 
:No, most, if not all, buildings in the US have the highest floor on top and the lowest floor on bottom, with everything else in descending order as you look from top to bottom. [[User:Mulan15262|Mulan15262]] ([[User talk:Mulan15262|talk]]) 03:33, 10 June 2014 (UTC)Mulan15262
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:Floors appear with the highest on top and the lowest on the bottom.  However, the number one is assigned to the ground floor or the floor above it.  Normally, basements are not assigned a number, and are simply marked with the letter "B".  However, in buildings with more than one floor below ground, they may be numbered.  In other words, the numbering might not be backwards, if 1 is 1 floor below ground, 2 is 2 floors below ground, etc.  In the television show Stargate SG-1, there are elevators that stop at "sub-levels" (floors below ground) inside Cheyenne Mountain.  In real life, elevators that go multiple floors below ground are found in underground parking garages, subway stations, etc.
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With the landscape, i cant help but think of the dead marshes from LOTR [[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.218|108.162.250.218]] 02:33, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
 
With the landscape, i cant help but think of the dead marshes from LOTR [[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.218|108.162.250.218]] 02:33, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

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That certainly is a distinctive landscape. Does anybody know of any literary (or otherwise) allusion? 108.162.219.223 02:24, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

I can't help but think of the Wood Between the Worlds from The Chronicles of Narnia. It's probably not it, though. Those look more like lakes than pools of water. Also, there's that larger body of water. 108.162.222.47 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
Looks a bit like the Boundary Waters of northern Minnesota. Not sure why it would be that, however. 173.245.54.194 14:44, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

Why are the floors labeled backwards from the reality, with the lowest floor at the top? Is this common in the U.S.?141.101.81.220 13:21, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

No, most, if not all, buildings in the US have the highest floor on top and the lowest floor on bottom, with everything else in descending order as you look from top to bottom. Mulan15262 (talk) 03:33, 10 June 2014 (UTC)Mulan15262
Floors appear with the highest on top and the lowest on the bottom. However, the number one is assigned to the ground floor or the floor above it. Normally, basements are not assigned a number, and are simply marked with the letter "B". However, in buildings with more than one floor below ground, they may be numbered. In other words, the numbering might not be backwards, if 1 is 1 floor below ground, 2 is 2 floors below ground, etc. In the television show Stargate SG-1, there are elevators that stop at "sub-levels" (floors below ground) inside Cheyenne Mountain. In real life, elevators that go multiple floors below ground are found in underground parking garages, subway stations, etc.

173.245.48.97 02:49, 8 December 2014 (UTC)


With the landscape, i cant help but think of the dead marshes from LOTR 108.162.250.218 02:33, 21 November 2014 (UTC)