Every person is unique in flexibility etc etc, and some bikes have lower front ends so hard to get bars higher up. Some drop bars also have shallower drops, and or drop position that is closer to rider.
My surly troll had an uncut steerer, so already my dropbars are high up, and the shape of my bars and short stem mean that I can comfortably use drops in head winds or to stretch my back a bit.
But that's me and what works for me.
My bike from side. I even moved the bars up one spacer after this photo was taken.
