Advantages? Such as not being able to purchase clothes or shoes anywhere except online? Seriously try to find a pair of 34x36 pants or 16 shoes. You can't anymore. In the 90s a store might have carried a pair of shoes, today they carry none because you can order online. Size Large shirts are too short and XL are too fat. So I need large tall which no one carries in stock. Literally every purchase I make is sight unseen.
Then there's the not really fitting in half the cars out there. Or amusement park rides. Or bowling shoes. Or safety equipment. Or saddles for horses.
You might complain that you can't reach things on the top shelf, try having to bend over for everything. Even to use countertops or bathrooms.
How about furniture always being short and forcing your knees to be elevated above your hips when you sit all of the time.
And beds... always too short. Want to stretch out? Only if it's a king and you lay diagonally.
Being tall is perpetual discomfort because this world is made for people of average height.
I'm 5' 9" and I notice that, in a group in which I'm the shortest person, I am less likely to be addressed or listened to than in one in which I'm average or the tallest.
I'm 5'8" and I have the same issue, mostly at work. Also I have to have all my shirts altered because I have long arms and broad shoulders, so even extreme slim fitted stuff is a tent below my chest.
Just want to say I can complete commiserate with you - I'm 6'10", wear size 16 shoes, 2 or 3 XLT for shirts and am 36x36 for pants. Shoes are a total PITA. Do you play basketball? :)
They don't seem to be taking into account the added expenses that come with height.
Clothing options are limited and much more expensive, particularly if you're of above average height and weight. More often then not my clothing purchases are at full retail price because otherwise you have no choice. Sales are for stock items and, because of the limited supply, most big and tall items rarely last long enough to go on sale.
Height doesn't come for free, it requires additional mass and volume. That equates to higher stresses. Shoes and clothes wear out faster. I have to purchase a couple pairs of jeans a year because the knees are constantly tearing out when I kneel or squat which I have to do a lot because I'm tall and our world wasn't designed for tall people.
Medically speaking our bodies are under higher stress which results in more injuries and joint problems. We require higher dosages of medicine. Any special medical prosthesis will cost more. Anesthesia is charged by amount used. Etc...
Lets talk about cars. Immediately discount any econo class car because they don't fit. So regardless of what I want to spend or can afford, my minimum price is set higher.
I'm not sure an extra $800 a year covers all that.
I'm much closer to the fat part of the bell curve than you, so you might not be aware that you are likely being denied half sizes in your shoes.
I used to call myself a size 13, but after I started running, either my feet shrank or I became more aware of the fit of my shoes, and I happened to find a size 12.5, which fit so much better.
Then I discovered that most shoes don't come in a 12.5 - they usually only do half sizes up to 12. And when a shoe is made in a 12.5, most stores don't carry it. So now I get to spend a lot of time trying to decide between a 12 that sometimes pinches (whee numb toes) or a 13 that sometimes is too loose (whee blisters) or looking for shoes that run big or small that might not be the style I want/need.
And most stores at least have size 12 and 13 I can try on; I can imagine the hell of finding not just size 16 but size 16 that fit right.
I can only imagine what it's like to try and move one of those. Getting a king up a flight of stairs in a standard height hallway with a landing and 90 degree pivot was a nightmare.
Then there's the not really fitting in half the cars out there. Or amusement park rides. Or bowling shoes. Or safety equipment. Or saddles for horses.
You might complain that you can't reach things on the top shelf, try having to bend over for everything. Even to use countertops or bathrooms.
How about furniture always being short and forcing your knees to be elevated above your hips when you sit all of the time.
And beds... always too short. Want to stretch out? Only if it's a king and you lay diagonally.
Being tall is perpetual discomfort because this world is made for people of average height.