Originally Posted by darthbimmer

Yup, and I'm staying in one of them tonight, in fact! Plus 2 out of the last 3 RIs I've stayed at were the old, cottage-style architecture.



Agreed. All those exterior entrances and stairwells add cost to maintain and insure. Plus, they deprive the property of receiving accessibility ratings and under the ADA and local building codes may need to be retrofitted with elevators if/when natural wear-and-tear reaches the point of requiring extensive renovation.