>All house floors, apart from kitchen floors, obviously, are carpeted. I have no idea why, someone tell me.
You're in an apartment, carpets are cheaper than a hard surface floor for the price point of an apartment. So anywhere where a hard surface isn't required, wall to wall carpet will be put down.
The other advantage of carpet, especially in an apartment, is that it muffles the sound of your movement.
Last, it's also warmer in the winter, which is nice.
Now, in my own home, I have hardwood flooring throughout and area rugs.
>Stoves are always electric. No lighter needed.
Electric stoves are actually low end, or if you live somewhere without natural gas. A gas stove has a built in igniter with a little spark generator on each burner. So no lighter either way!
>But for bathroom taps, I don’t understand why there’s two different knobs for hot and cold.
Stylistic choice. You can also get bathroom faucets with a central handle control. Kitchen faucets can be either way, too.
>Names are re-used to an uncomfortable extent here: streets, cities, states, suburbs, all tend to borrow from each other.
You're in an apartment, carpets are cheaper than a hard surface floor for the price point of an apartment. So anywhere where a hard surface isn't required, wall to wall carpet will be put down.
The other advantage of carpet, especially in an apartment, is that it muffles the sound of your movement.
Last, it's also warmer in the winter, which is nice.
Now, in my own home, I have hardwood flooring throughout and area rugs.
>Stoves are always electric. No lighter needed.
Electric stoves are actually low end, or if you live somewhere without natural gas. A gas stove has a built in igniter with a little spark generator on each burner. So no lighter either way!
>But for bathroom taps, I don’t understand why there’s two different knobs for hot and cold.
Stylistic choice. You can also get bathroom faucets with a central handle control. Kitchen faucets can be either way, too.
>Names are re-used to an uncomfortable extent here: streets, cities, states, suburbs, all tend to borrow from each other.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield#United_States