Not to beat a dead horse, but I've been doing some commuting back to days on the two bikes I mentioned earlier and I have an additional observation.

The bike with bottom bracket higher off the ground (the lower 'bb drop') banks when I turn it, meaning I lean to that side and off I go.

The bike with the lower bb, (higher 'bb drop') is more of a "turn the handlebars" experience - it's more agile because of that.

The rake is similiar between the two (2mm difference) and the stems are about 15mm different so that is a likely contributor, but if I had to guess, the BB drop is mainly responsible for the different feels.