Hmmm, one difference between hardwood floors (which I have now) and carpeted floors (which I’ve lived with most of my life) that I didn’t really anticipate: I tend to perceive hardwood floors as ‘dirtier’, in the sense that they’re more likely to give up their dirt to my sticky clothing and skin surfaces when I touch them.
That, of course, is the flip side of the ‘easier to clean’ thing, because they’ll give up their dirt to the sweeper, vacuum and dry mop more easily, too. I guess you could say it’s a more open relationship between me and housedirt. Weirder analogies are sitting in my brain, but aren’t going to get out.