There were a few reasons I decided to go with electric. My daughter has slight asthma, and sometimes the nitro fumes can aggravate that. Also, the nearest track is 100 miles away, so racing is only a once in a while deal; I bring my family to the park and all of the parks nearby have a no gas powered engines rule (city ordinance I believe) in effect.
I also found that there are more batteries involved with nitro = Starter box, rx pack, glow ignitor.
But, nitro is still more fun to watch! I was just really surprised at how much power electrics have. Running a Vorza on 4s 30c 4500mah, and it is really fast.
Didn't want to start a flame war or debate on electric vs nitro, but did want to thank everyone for sharing all their knowledge on this site. Lots of great info (and sometimes not lol), and some really good people on here.