Theres an issue that I don't think has been touched on in the thread, which rings true for me and speaking to friends.
I'm tall and find it difficult talking to shorter women, it can be difficult especially if your in a club/party, not just physically which hard enough, you can easily come across as intimidating when you really don't intend to be. Your constantly having to be aware of your space. It's not as great at the top as it's been presented here, there plenty of advantages to being shorter-somewhere in the average range.