I will (hopefully…) end off my contribution to this thread that it’s not that I, personally, actually believe in any city eruv in principle. My thesis is just that if Klal Yisroel, (including at least many of those who have a hard time with Brooklyn eruvs) accepts the city eruv as a concept in general, then they shouldn’t make a fuss about Brooklyn eruvs either. For that city has just as much heter to rely on an any other city (according to 99% of Poskim, and I mean poskim – not lamdanim or baalebatim).
Even if most litvishe can’t get through their heads that Brooklyn MAY be accommodated according to Rav Moshe, they must realize that we had great poskim both before and after him who do not agree with him.
Hashem oz l’amo yiten Hashem yevarech as amo vashalom. Amen.
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