I always got more of a VHDL for FPGAs and Verilog for chips kind of vibe. Not that there's anything intrinsic in those languages, just the kinds of industries that ship FPGAs seem to gravitate to a DoD specified language.
And can you elaborate on what you like about Verilog?
An an EE who was schooled in VHDL, gave VHDL classes to new hires and was conditioned to look down on Verilog: after moving from Europe to the East Coast and then the West Coast, I eventually saw the error of my ways and I'm very happy to not have to deal with VHDL anymore.
And for the open source crowd: there is a much large body of decent quality open source Verilog tools than there is for VHDL. So as a hobbyist, it's really a nobrainer.