..... According to my personal experience (many people know these facts), at least half of the teachers in Shenzhen, Dongguan and other areas, whether private or public, speak Hakka (that is, from Hakka areas), and I have never met a teacher who speaks Chaozhou dialect! I've never heard of it. Chaoshan people who are active in the Pearl River Delta are basically doing business, and many of them are doing big business. I have been teaching in a private school in Dongguan for one year. Parents from other provinces do everything: managers in factories, ordinary workers, vegetable sellers in vegetable markets ... and parents in Chaoshan are all shops, which are a little big. I have never seen any parents in Chaoshan who are not in business!
..... So, from my personal experience, I dare not say anything else. In Guangdong, we Hakkas (represented by Meizhou people) are indeed more "cultured".
..... another: small, otherwise I think your question is not rigorous enough. Hakkas are scattered in Guangdong, accounting for a large proportion. Not only in Meizhou, but also in Heyuan, Qingyuan, Shaoguan and Shanwei, there are many Hakka speakers! There is also Longgang District in Shenzhen, and towns such as Qingxi, Huangjiang and Fenggang in Dongguan all speak Hakka. These are Hakkas! However, it is not surprising that the situation in different places may be quite different, or even the opposite. So, in fact, it is difficult for you to have an ideal answer to this question. If you want to be interested, it may be more interesting to discuss the similarities and differences of Hakkas around the world.