eli5 Why Mattresses need frames and box springs for (stability) when the floor is a fully flat surface?

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I haven’t found anything scientific about this, but box springs are wooden slats sideways for even distribution of weight, but wouldn’t the floor be better? Does it damage the bed or affect sleep?

Or are box springs a solution to the manufactured problem of raising beds on bed frames?

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You need to ventilate under a mattress, at least in a climate/room that is not dry.

In Japan people sleep on cotton mats on the floor, but they move the mat in the morning to get it out of the way and to air it.

There is also a comfort consideration with having high beds that are easy to get out of, especially in our sedentary western lifestyle where most people are quite stiff.

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