If you ever watch carpet being torn up, you'll never want it in your residence. Carpet is a magnet for everything that is disgusting. Especially if you own tiny useless dogs that like to pee in the house on occassion (another reason i hate dogs). The flip side to the coin is that with tile and hardwood floors, theres nothing to keep the mounds of pet fur from freely making their way into every moving piece of electronics you own.