Replying to Local vs. Big

Okay I was thinking about where I'll be going this winter.  I like going to the big mountains with express lifts everywhere but I go back to my home mountain with 1800 acres or so and fix gripped triples and doubles some 50 years old.  At a glance most people would choose the big resorts with those lift lines and packed parks but I get back to mine and am glad to have a resort like this.  I like being able to ski fresh all day only crossing 10 times less the tracks of a big resort.  I like knowing of places no one else knows of.  Big resorts do have the large parks and fast lifts but really I think the $200 season pass is a lot better than the $1000+ at most resorts.  I posted this hoping to see what people thought about that.  So here's the question:  What do you think of the Big mountains vs. The small local mountains?