Another thing to consider is the total cost of ownership (TCO). Electric tends to be a higher up-front cost (batteries, chargers) but less cost down the road. Nitro is a lower up-front investment but the costs down the road are higher (fuel etc). Unless you smoke batteries constantly the TCO for Electric is much lower overall compared to Nitro. Even in a perfect world where nothing breaks or needs replacing, you eventually reach a point where the recurring fuel purchases for running nitro exceed the initial cost of electrics.
Obviously I'm not telling you anything new, you've run electric for a while, but many people don't take this into consideration when doing comparisons between nitro/electric.