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I dislike laminate. Even more, I dislike home shows where people say "oh, I like the hardwood floors", pointing to the crappy laminate.
I installed the laminate flooring in my parent's used 2.5-wide manufactured home and it looks good, so you know dummies can do it.
It's junk though. Have 1 incident of water sitting on it and it'll warp, and there's no remedy except to deconstruct the floor to the point where it warped and replace the boards. Hopefully it happened on an edge.
Wet mopping or robot moping not recommended.
I've not tried vinyl laminate yet, but I'm prepared to like it. Softer, warmer, doesn't try to absorb water in an attempt to destroy itself. Should be installable by dummies like me.
Carpet is good. Rooms don't echo when they are carpeted. Remotes and phones don't explode when dropped on carpet. You can sit relaxed on carpet. You should have a no shoes in the house policy with carpet (or in general, you silly Americans).
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