Reply To: Is the frum “business/economic model” sustainable?

To Avram the MD: The requirements I listed are more directly connected to Torah, Talmud and the mitzvos. The “requirements” you cited, e.g., high cost of living near a shul, are the real-world consequences of the observance of the mitzvos. (Keep in mind that one of the mitzvos is to understand the real world, i.e., the physical environment, human behavior, and the effects of human behavior, inter alia.)

Please read my first sentence after my list of “requirements.” I think it answers your question.