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American, that’s really, really hateful; chasidim do a better job than other groups at retaining stragglers. Those same people who are not very enthusiastic about yiddishkeit would probably be off the derech in other communities.
Chasidishe communities learned from litvishe how to prioritize learning, establish kolellim, etc…and we learned from chasidim how to approach modernity, how to survive amid a spiritually caustic culture… our tznius standards also greatly improved with the influence of chasidim.
Chasidishe yungeleit who are into learning are VERY medakdek in halacha…check out a chasidishe kolel, the myriad sifrei halacha put out by chasidim, and you’ll see it.
Every community has its drop outs, its outliers, its mainstream and its cream of the crop. Focusing on the bottom tiers is just biased.