There is nothing better than putting your favorite plants on a pedestal for all to see. In addition, raised beds can make several gardening chores a lot easier to do. Ergonomics tells us that stooping is stupid. You should bend at the knees. Bending over is a pain in the back.
Gardening involves a lot of bending over.
Raised beds do not eliminate stoopid behavior, but they do reduce the extent. The older we get, the harder it gets to get back up after we have gotten down. With raised beds, you still have to get down and dirty, just not as far down. It makes it easier to get back up, particularly, the next morning. Well, that depends.