There is an explanation here: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c722eg9z07do

On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 12:27 PM Tomek CEDRO <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 4:17 PM Matteo Golin wrote:
> > That is actually interesting. Anecdotally, here in Waterloo there is a
> > significant Chinese community and so there are actually many apartment
> > buildings which do not have a 13th floor due to the superstition. Of
> > course, the 13th floor exists, but it is given a different number.
>
> In 1999 there was this cool sci-fi movie "The Thirteenth Floor" maybe
> that's why :D
>
> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139809/
>
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