I can intellectually see the power of Lisp, but in practice I find it's just really hard to read down the road, especially other people's Lisp. The visual cues

I can intellectually see the power of Lisp, but in practice I find it's just really hard to read down the road, especially other people's Lisp. The visual cues provided by the "ugliness" of other languages do help reading (I gave examples nearby). Lisp is kind of like new tract homes: they look all the same such that it's easy to get lost. An old neighborhood with funny bent mailboxes and a mish-mash of house and yard styles is just easier to remember.