10 Reasons Why Hogwarts Would Be A Terrible Place To Live

10. The Inconvenient Staircases

Hogwarts is a labyrinth. Harry and Ron lose their way multiple times during their first few weeks because of the castle’s vast size and endless amounts of corridors, classrooms, staircases, and secret passageways.

To make matters more confusing, the grand staircase – which is the primary method of moving between different floors – has a mind of its own. If you were ever running late for a class, breaking into a run wouldn’t help very much because the stairs may suddenly decide to change.

As well as being irritable, the staircases are incredibly dangerous. If one of them happened to move as you were stepping onto it, your magical education would end rather abruptly.

Ironically, the concept of the moving stairs came from Rowena Ravenclaw, one of the four Hogwarts founders. Why someone who valued intelligence above all else thought moving stairs would be a good idea is anyone’s guess.