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Originally posted by Trepidation_Mom
So, what's the take on window guards for apartments? In NYC, you're required to have them permanently fixed on all windows of apartments with little kids (other than windows opening onto a fire escape). NYC law requires that all "child guards" must be permanently fixed to the window frame and unopenable.
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I'm not an expert on apartment life, but your post brought to mind the story of an entire family in East Palo Alto who died when they couldn't get out of their burning house as a result of security grates over all of their windows. It sparked a public discussion about how these grates should all have removal mechanisms on the inside, but the hell of the situation is that if you live in a neighborhood where such things are necessary, you can't afford that kind of retrofit. So we'll all just wait until it happens again. I've never looked at those things the same way since.
That said, maybe NYC has different issues. For example, window guards could have saved Lexi Featherston's life.
Looking at the above post, I guess it would have been better to say I have nothing productive to add.
