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Inward opening doors are also less safe when a bunch of people have to escape quickly.


Afaik outwards opening doors are more of an Asian thing, in Eastern Europe, it's a bit mixed but in most of Western Europe it's pretty much all inward opening.


Which is why most fire codes don’t allow them on buildings with a bunch of people in them.




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