Gaon: There’s a shittah that the 600K only applies to cities and intra-city roads require fewer than 600K. I don’t know if this has anything to do with Rt. 9. I have absolutely no idea what the “Route 9” situation is that people are talking about, so I’m just guessing. For the other eruv communities you mentioned, could it be that, based on trends in American Jewry, it was decided that Lakewood wouldn’t handle an eruv as well as those communities you mentioned?
Joseph: The Machaber and Rambam saying so doesn’t mean we pasken that way, and it certainly doesn’t mean that it should be used as a basis against eruvs. We don’t know that that’s actually the issue with a Lakewood eruv; that post earlier seemed like anecdotal evidence. You’ll have to do better than that to convince me, but it’s not a bad argument inherently.
Gadol: I’m not trolling, but I will apologize in advance if what I’m about to say offends you. Based on CR history, you clearly proudly align yourself with the very modern side of the Orthodox hemisphere (which I’m not condemning here). Lakewood clearly represents a farther right-wing community. Could it be that they want to avoid the eruv for the very reason that they want to keep out the more modern side that tends to be more dependent on eruvs to preserve what they perceive to be the integrity of Lakewood?