Part of the reason my mom changed the floor (except in the rooms where the carpet is in good shape) was because DBF (she seems to like him ) has allergy-triggered asthma, and I have seasonal allergies and eczema, so I'm at a higher risk for developing asthma. That, and it's a heck of a lot easier to clean...pretty sure that's the main reason.

My old apartment had wood floors... so easy to clean (even if they were in terrible shape), but horribly cold in winter. (It had nothing on the vinyl bathroom or the tile kitchen floors, though.)