Probably more of a rural vs. urban thing. Different areas tend to have different dress expectations. I’m an Arkansan and when you traveled to Little Rock on business (at least pre-pandemic), suites were more common in a business setting. Anywhere else in the state that would be considered overdressed for anything except church on Sunday, weddings, and funerals.
Atlantan here; I think that might be more of a Texas-specific thing.
You’re back in boot county once you escape the metropolis.
Probably more of a rural vs. urban thing. Different areas tend to have different dress expectations. I’m an Arkansan and when you traveled to Little Rock on business (at least pre-pandemic), suites were more common in a business setting. Anywhere else in the state that would be considered overdressed for anything except church on Sunday, weddings, and funerals.