It's all good, I'm just defending the 700 here
In my case, I have 4.1x or 3.9x rear gears (what ever Dana 60s had), and the 700s short 1st would make it a hard pulling mofo on the street and when towing/hauling. IMO, with a less radical set of gears or 3.73s the 700 is a sweet street setup or for a daily driver.