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Taildragger three point vs wheel landings - Cultural?

I was chatting with a learned colleague today, and he mentioned that US pilots tend to wheel land, and UK pilots tend to three point (with Canadians inevitably stuck in between).

He went on to say that typically US taildragger pilots were former military and the larger military taildraggers are more commonly wheel landed. Where UK taildragger pilots are typically more smaller plane pilots, an those are more commonly three pointed.

I had not considered this before, and I'm not sure I buy in..... any thoughts?
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