Yochie – “That I heard from Rabbi Miller ztz”l.”
He was born and raised in Balto. In his time there wasn’t a Yeshiva for Bais Medrash, so he went to Europe, then to NY.
I doubt if he grew up there when NIRC existed, he would have moved out. But keep dreaming NY is the only place to live.
When I first came to Lakewood, it was just like OOT, now it’s another borough of NY.