> though picking Angular 2 over React not so much

It sounds like you're coming at this from a perspective of popularity and thus access to engineering candidates with expertise in it which is fair, but speaking as someone who also went with Angular 2 over React during those times, I'm still using Angular and I'm very happy with it from a technical perspective. Yes, it does mean there are less options for hiring, but it has been a positive experience for my team and for me in my own projects to stick with it.