I remember seeing a couple places with their outlets installed this way several years ago and seeking out the reasoning at that time. I never liked the way wall warts fall out of "upside down" sockets, though, so when I had to install a bunch of outlets recently I put them all on their sides with the neutral leg "up".
That's not a bad idea either, although I'm sure I'd get even more questions as to why all my outlets were on their sides!
Also those 1-gang boxes are more expensive...