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I love hardwood. Concrete kills my back, even with a good carpet and bad. We have hardwood all over on the first floor, even in the kitchen, which I dislike because it's hell to keep clean in there and has taken a lot of wear, stains, and so on. Eventually we'll put tile in the kitchen. But otherwise hardwood rules. If I had the money, I'd rip out the carpets on the second floor and do hardwood as well, with area rugs and runners for the stairs.
In our area, nearly all hardwood floors are red oak because it grows around here and, frankly, grows faster than it can be chopped down. Makes a great floor.
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