Sure, but I suspect it's like that for thematic reasons. That people move up and down the economic ladder due to factors beyond their control. And the characters must move up to show that they don't change their values just because their conditions improve.
Also a parallel to real life, poking fun that the people at the top of the tower think they're 'better' and disrespect those below them despite the placement being arbitrary (and likely a place they've been before or will likely be in the future, though that's more true in the movie as you've said).