One of the things that I like to check, before I go to the Eastern rite, is where the priest studied. If they study in a US modernist seminary, there is no way I would go. Also, I want to know if they were ordained in the new rite, so I check up on the situation before I go. There are some iffy situations out there.
Our situation here does not make it necessary to go to the other rite anymore, but I have heard some pretty crazy sermons there, not to mention the females being involved in the liturgy, and a few other things.