> I think angular just makes more sense in larger projects.

I remember people saying exactly that with Extjs back in the days, with no proof whatsoever. Can you explain how angular makes more sense in larger projects?

> that only pays off when working in larger teams.

what makes it better for "large teams" ?

It always felt to me that the purpose of Angular was to give a 'large team using Java' type workflow to development, with the idea being that doing it this way you can just slot in a new angular developer when the previous one goes crazy and runs out the building screaming. But I've only worked on one Angular project, so this is a feeling on my part, not a well worked out theory of how it actually is.