Really? Huh. It may have something to do with prevalence of older apartment buildings, or local codes or something.

I have never seen an apartment with a gas stove in Colorado, and I'm trying not to move away from the area (plus stove is really low on my priority list for apartments, well after 1) not a dump and 2) affordable). Anyway, at this point, I'm probably in this apartment until I can think about a house, so I need to buy cookware that I can use on any stove. It's why I have a fake wok, too. :(