Because cooking on an electric stove sucks, that's why. I'd never go back to electric. And electricity is way more expensive.

As for the "fussy" people that expect stainless steel when buying a home, have you been to an appliance store in the past decade? Stainless steel is all they make appliances in now. And the cost is about $100 bucks more. Hardly the stuff of millionaires. I always shake my head in amazement when people talk about stainless steel appliances as if they are something special...