The construction going on in Lakewood has destroyed the beautiful town and quality of life that used to be in Lakewood this making it a big DESTRUCTION of the town in many ways (from the traffic to the crazy driving and ruined quality of life etc….) AND changed Lakewood into the new city of Brooklyn NJ
a Lakewood resident for many decades and watched the destruction of yiddishkeit and beautiful town life get ruined and still watching it get worse.
People would move to Lakewood to devote their lives to Torah and raise a Torah family. That’s all ruined sadly with the fanciest restaurants and exquisite clothing stores that don’t belong in a Torah community devoted to Hashem and Torah.
If you want to devote your life to Torah and raise a Torah family then you should move to the new Torah community of today in Cleveland Ohio. A town of Simplicity and devotion to Torah with Telz Yeshiva also there and many Kollel etc….