[Cyberdemon]

In my opinion (for bikes at least) hitch mounts are much better than roof racks.

Roof racks are ugly, make a ton of wind noise, are a pain to throw bikes on (especially a muddy dripping MTB), and aren't easy to pull on or off. Also they can screw up the paint pretty badly.

The hitch is just a much better solution, 1 bolt to take on and off and it acts as a bumper guard to keep you from bottoming out and crushing your exhaust (which I almost did once and the hitch saved my exhaust tips).

So I'm very pro hitch. With that said, depending on what you're carrying the hitch may not be appropriate.