In things like home wiring, a simpler, analog meter is less likely to create confusion caused by phantom voltages possible when a high impedance digital meter is used. They each have their place, and each requires a bit more knowledge to use, read and interpret than many people have when you get into one of those less direct situations. You can quickly ruin an analog meter if you attach it with the scale set wrong, for example, but autoranging DMMs are pretty immune to that. You might blow a fuse when measuring current, but usually, on a DMM, it's not catastrophic - just replace the fuse (with the proper size and type!).