Hi Sam2.
Well since that time Lakewood acquired kedusha and must be noted as such. You have to be kidding me. I dont know where to start! The crowded lake for taschlich? The open celebrations on Simchas Torah? The learning and davening opportunities that go on as we speak? The minyanim with yidden of every kippa type? From the border of route 9 Lakewood and Toms River, up to Howell just after Shop Rite and out to Jackson and Brick. The wonderful and beautiful things that go on are countless. Lakewood, other than Yerushalayim, is the place to be. If one has an eye for what is beautiful, you will find more than enough in Lakewood.
Hashem created ten containers of beauty. Nine fell in Yerushalyim, and more than half of the other one fell in Lakewood. ~ BTGuy
No comment on the, l’havdil, germany analogy?
And while we are on the subject…why the stretch to besmirch Lakewood and the opinion of those who love Lakewood? Basically, if someone says what it means to them in endearing terms, you are almost saying to them, “That is not true.” The point?