I think of tables as a shortcut and they do cause actual problems in the future even if they work for you. I think the bigger issue here is that it isn't clear

I think of tables as a shortcut and they do cause actual problems in the future even if they work for you. I think the bigger issue here is that it isn't clear to everyone how to code with CSS. I use tables only for tabular data but my HTML is clean, fast and certainly not obscure. I would say in most cases I can create an tableless design in less lines of code and have a much easier time maintaining or updating it in the future.