# Cargo pants (not shorts)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cargo-pants-not-shorts/674383>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 20, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cargo-pants-not-shorts/674383 "2013-11-20T23:02:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cargo-pants-not-shorts/674383/21 "2013-11-22T07:49:49Z")

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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> It pisses me off that they’re sometimes only available in shorter inseams. Us long-legged guys like pockets too, y’know.

If it helps at all, I noticed a lot of tall men’s pants selections, including cargos, when I was making those links to Old Navy.

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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cargo-pants-not-shorts/674383/22 "2013-11-22T22:05:34Z")

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Cargo pants were fairly popular in the late 1990s-early 2000s. I worked for a company that specified they were not to be considered as business casual, we had to wear regular flat front khakis or dress pants on those days.

I don’t really care for the look, if you need to carry a lot of things, they’re fine.

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**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cargo-pants-not-shorts/674383/23 "2013-11-22T22:16:37Z")

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> [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](#):
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> When you say casual business, I’m thinking by you mean like a white collar professional office setting. They’d look fine on a custodian or warehouse worker or something similar who needs the pockets.

[See also.](http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/60/6079/RLUD100Z/posters/leo-cullum-you-don-t-get-an-office-you-get-cargo-pants-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg)

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**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cargo-pants-not-shorts/674383/24 "2013-11-23T00:50:57Z")

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> [@deltasigma](#):
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> Those are much sleeker than what I currently wear. I’ll have to order a pair to see how they fit. Thanks.

Another cool aspect to the Tru-Spec pants is the elastic waistband. It’s hidden, and not the entire circumference of the waist - just a couple of bands on either side of the zipper.

Sooo, bending over, jumping, gorging at the buffet - you’ve got room to move and grow!

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