People in home games seem to be most scared of aggressive players, so if you're tight (only play quality or semi-quality hands) and aggressive (raise if you want to enter a pot) you'll be able to do more with your table image than online, where people call down raises like it's nothing and don't pay as much attention to your style. Raising people out of pots seems to have a lasting effect, like they see you as a bluffer and get just mad enough that when you really do have the nuts, you can make them push. Also, on the other end of it they'll rarely raise enough to make you pay them off big, even trying to limp with AA or KK. This means you have to watch out for any show of strength, because coming back at them with a re-raise can really get you into some trouble.

The above is probably because 1) there are more inexperienced players in home games, and 2) there really is something to having to look someone in the eye when you raise or call that's different from hitting your mouse button.

I prefer home because I win a lot more of the time and because there are no annoying fratboys taking up my screen talking smack to each other (until I check-raise them all-in and say bye-bye).

-NOMAD