Reply To: Why are the lakewood rabbanim so against an eruv in thier Town??

After speaking to a handful talmidim of reb ahron and rav shneur it would seem that lakewood does not have a city eruv for hashkofik reasons ie. mingling in the streets on shabbos etc.,and hardly anything to do with halacha. Rt 9 is not a new concept in halacha and isn’t the first road in the united states or in the world where shaylos of eruv was a question. On the other hand if its a hashkafa decision then its pretty much a decision of many hashkafa decisions we do , but since when do we force others to accept your hashkafa. If u dont want to carry then don’t carry.this is the way its done in the velt. So the question still remains why is lakewood different in this area of eruv.