Joseph: “Lit: Rav Levovits also wore a shtreimal…….”
Joseph – you don’t know what you are talking about. As they say, you are entitled to your own opinions, but not to your own facts.
A similar trajectory towards greater Chasidim could also be seen by Nitra, Kashau, Tzehlim, Krasna and Pupa.”
You are mixing together different groups. Each group has their own history. They do not march in lockstep.
Nitra is still Ashkenaz in main mosdos, such as Mt. Kisco old minyan, and Boro Park old Shul.
The others have a different history.