[bobman0330]

It's hard for me to imagine a player type against whom a check-raise is better than betting.

-If you're behind, which is possible, you will almost always lose 3 bets.
-With a lot of marginal hands, villain will frequently check here. Most bad players are unobservant, but even they notice 4-straights on the board. Plus, weak players don't bet on the river as much as they should anyways. You run a very high risk of winning 0 bets by checking.
-Players who are a little better will frequently fold to your raise. If this happens, you're no better off than if you had bet.

So I say, bet.