Why are pant pockets positioned at the front instead of the side?

Question

I notice this with jeans in particular, but I find most pants (men’s or women’s) have the pockets positioned at the front. There are some exceptions like yoga pants where I’ve seen pockets positioned on the side.

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Answer 1

The reason for this is functionality. If you take a standard pair of jeans and put the front pocket on the side, you wouldn’t have room enough for back pockets. You would go from having four pockets to two.

Or just silly looking pants if you added more pockets.