Perhaps rethink the predicate to the question as to whether in today’s “virtual velt”, locating a shtender at some greater distance from a town with several options for gourmet Thursday night chulent means that the bochur behind that shtender will be able to shteig with greater intensity and focus. That same bochur located in Minsk, Pinsk or Nowheresivlle, can still pull a smart phone out of his back pocket and be more efficient in his bitul torah than his counterpart in BMG or Monsey.
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