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You identified yourself as a "casual shooter".That's exactly it - I upgraded from a D5100, so the D500 was already significantly larger and heavier than I was used to.What did you upgrade from ?
I know for me, using a D600/D750 (also d7x00) the D500 is right there in size with or without grip.
The D500 was designed for the Action photographer. Car races, birds in flight (brides in flight too as my first typo lol), air show stuff, etc that all can use 10 fps shooting. Also, as you probably noticed there no AUTO, AUTO no flash, no SCENE nor EFFECTS modes .. only PASM. Thus designed for the more serious shooter who needs the more sturdy build, more water resistant, and able to handle much larger lenses.
It's the top of the food chain for DX cameras right now in all regards.