CTLAWYER: I totally understand your position and reasons for living where you do. Not every place outside of NYC is a “midbar”. However, there are those who live in NYC for reasons having nothing to do with the ‘gashmius’ items you mention. Some may have residency requirements for their jobs, they like having a greater number of choices for yeshiva ketanos (I won’t include Mesivtos as dorming is always an option after elementary school), close to their Rosh Yeshiva. At the same time, I know someone who lives in CT and travels to NYC to buy all his meats an chickens as the prices where he lives is 200% more then here in NYC.
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