What the rav was talking about was whether their tefillos were answered, not whether they liked the location!
Redleg, please talk to your rebbi/rav/rebbe about whether you should switch shuls,and don’t try to interpret “signs from Hashem” yourself.
(Also, the Mishna in Avos itself talks about what being a talmid of Avraham Avinu or Bil’am haRasha means, and that’s NOT one of the things it lists.)
So, I’ll second “coffee addict” ‘s opinion.