Well, remember, Dr Pepper was invented, and is made, within a couple hour's car drive of where I am, virtually everyone here prefers Dr Pepper (That is a native)
Though Dr. Pepper did piss off quite a few people when they forcibly shut down and removed "Dublin" Dr. Pepper(It was essentially a sub-Dr.Pepper company that made it with cane sugar) and made it to where it was just called "Imperial Sugar" Dr. Pepper.
Thought it's 'technically' the same thing, which one is more appealing, Dublin Dr. Pepper, or Imperial Cane Sugar Dr. Pepper. It's the principle of the matter