Huju, there’s ample evidence of non-chasidishe jews having long payos in most communities, including austria- germany, lita, poland, galitzia, and others. Among the litvish, the netziv was moser nefesh to keep his payos long and out. Rav Belsky would often say over that yemenite jews refer to their payos(which are identical to chasidim’s) as “simanim”.
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