“……But once they became followers of rabbi miller all that changed….”
It’s not just him, but followers of rabbis who preach an all-but-nothing, black & white approach & in lectures.
This affluent vis-à-vis less frum opinion is stereotypical , non-proven and just a shovelful of dirt on people.
In the meantime, it says that poverty can remove a person from ” Daas M’kono” ….. meaning LESS frum. Doesn’t say that about wealthy.
Each category has its nisayon . I don’t know from where this OP got his stats , or maybe he was invited into thousands of homes and came loaded with a notebook and loose leaf….. Whatever….