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You're going to feel the same whether it's an electric baseboard or hot water baseboard. If you feel cold, it's probably undersized (unlikely) or there's something wrong with thermostat. Or your envelope (windows) are failing, which is very likely if your building is built in the 90s.
For sure there's way more to go wrong in a hot water system - there's just more components (pump, boiler, expansion tank, valves, piping, etc).
Forced air gas furnaces are cheap to operate...for now. Gas is probably half the price of electricity when you factor in the loss in efficiency. I don't like furnaces because they blow around dust and are noisy; it sucks for allergy sufferers.
Personally, I like inslab radiant heating the best; your feet feel warm, no noise, no drafts, and you feel warmer even if the temperature is lower - the slab heats your body, not the air. Downsides are upfront cost and slow response time.
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