lesschumras.
You failed to address Zalman’s 4 points in his two follow-up comments (3 in the first and the fourth above.)
I would also add to provide your source for:
“Once the civil restrictions were removed and Jews could live in the cities, the removal of the shtetl peer pressure meant that THE JEWS BY HABIT GAVE UP THEIR FRUMKEIT.”
You have no sources for these falsity’s since none can exist for an untruth.