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NYC is so old it’s essentially a European city since it was built pre-car and pre-caring about the disabled. In most American cities less than 300 years old you’ll see ada ramps, lifts, doors, accessible sidewalk crossings, etc.
Yes America is too car centric, 100% agree on that but we’re doing leaps and bounds better on disability access than Europe. Also, we have handicap parking spots so lifts have room to move disabled in/out of cars with plenty of room