BigPistonsForever,
Your post about hanging the engines out the front to keep the aircraft appeal is half true, it was the only way they keep the 737 competitive without resorting to a clean sheet design; airlines like the 737 and trusted that Boeing would produce a better 737.
IMO, wet fuselage fuel tank versus aerodynamically compromised airframe are not comparable.
This won't be decided by this thread or forum, it'll be the airlines and their customers. (And perhaps Boeing if they continue to aim at their feet instead of the sky)