I reluctantly switched from MacPorts to Homebrew around 2014. At that time Homebrew had that yuck factor by recommending it be installed into /usr/local rather

I reluctantly switched from MacPorts to Homebrew around 2014. At that time Homebrew had that yuck factor by recommending it be installed into /usr/local rather than /opt. But still, I switched because there were more formulae in HB than ports in MP. And it turns out that the Homebrew install location is customizable anyways.