As an official Tall Guy, my bars have always been lower than my saddle. My arms are disproportionately longer than my torso so for me, comfort begins with my bars below my saddle. My touring bike has the highest bars at about 2” lower than the saddle. My road bikes are all around 4” drop.
All of my bikes have at least one spacer below the stem so nothing is “slammed,” but riding around with even bars/saddle is no fun for me. Trying to be “cool” has nothing to do with it, though I’ve been accused of it more times than I can count.