Too subjective.
Years ago I happily commuted on a conventional road oriented mens steel frame 10 speed with drop bars. No complaints whether I was commuting in busy Washington DC traffic, SoCal semi-urban traffic, or long weekend rides up to 200 miles with a cycling club.
Since a car wreck busted up my back and neck with a permanent C2 injury, I can't handle drops if I expect to carefully watch traffic around me. For now I'm riding a hybrid with upright bars and comfy saddle - maybe next year I'll consider flat bars and a different saddle. But I don't see myself ever returning to drops. My neck goes into painful spasms if I try to ride carefully and watchfully from that position - meaning, looking up and around to check traffic. With the hybrid and upright bars the only time I lean forward to rest my forearms across the bars only on uphills or leaning into stiff winds, and then only when there's no traffic to watch. Otherwise I find the upright position terrific for riding in traffic.
Originally Posted by Kindaslow 
BF has roughly 9,000 active members, which is very good for a hobby/sport forum. And, the roadies are usually the group with the most activity.
Pick whatever suits you, but don't expect web forum chatter to confirm anything other than the very limited demographic that dominates virtually every old school web forum, whether it's bicycles, cameras, cars, stereo equipment, whatever. Reification is the norm.