How do you navigate texting vs. phone vs. in-person with online dating?

I mostly used apps in Philly because that’s where I have lived most of my adult life. My experiences in Florida and Virginia I’m having a hard time navigating.

In Philly when I was young in college just for hangouts/hookups. Text to in-persons would happen within a few days. Same with looking for company, potentially relationships years later. Text to phone calls would happen within a few days, and then phone to in-person varying lengths of time from a couple weeks to nearly a year once.

But in Florida looking for company, potentially relationship. Text to phone calls never happened. Met up with one guy who was willing to get on the phone for a couple minutes. Decided to date more seriously, gravitating to older men who made things much easier in one regard that we could talk on the phone.

Now in Virginia, I went back on the apps and it’s just like Florida. Endless texting. No one wants to get on the phone & acts like it’s a huge deal. I’m so confused.

Phone calls are easy, texting is all day energy. Why does everyone want to text only? Please help me understand.