Reply To: Chassidishe Out of town Kollelim?

Takka & Ujm,
Modern Orthodox is not dying in Baltimore. It did somewhat in the past & has changed somewhat but is still strong.
The largest Frum Shul in Baltimore is very diverse with the biggest factions being Yeshivish Modern & RWMO. They built a beautiful huge building that is busier than ever.
Behind them is a Shul that’s always been strongly Modern Orthodox that is growing year by year. SOTC is undergoing massive building. The Shul is packed. They have by far the largest Daf Yomi Shiur in Baltimore (& the world).
Interestingly enough there are many “Ner” guys that Daven there due to the amazing MO YU Rabbi. Baltimore has a flourishing MO Coed Religious Zionist school that is doing well
The main boys school has over 1,700 students (the next one has 700). It’s a mix of MO & YM but also includes more modern as well as very Yeshivish & a growing group of Chasidish who I assume want their sons to receive a strong secular education.
The events at this main school (Hascholas Chumash, Mishna, Gemarah, etc) are still mixed seating. Plenty of Yeshivish men sitting with Their wives at a table with other couples.
MO in Baltimore has moved somewhat to the right but between the MO & very blurred line between Frum YU types & working college educated Ner Israel types the “less Yeshivish” community isn’t going anywhere.