i prefer a hard mattress with a slight pillow top
have a Sealy Azalea series....very firm with a bit of give/spring
i love it...
mattresses are sorta personal taste
in NYC i had a foam rubber mattress platform bed .......hard....like a Samurai bed
I agree personal need/choice.
I bought a new hard as I could find pillow top serta too.
It was not supportive enough for my back pain needs.
So for that I have different size blocks of wood and small pillows UNDER the mattress for support in the areas that need it.
I am oppisite of the Princess and the Pea...but my lower lumbar is happy.