happy girl:
You call it “unfortunate”. I call it fortunate. This allows the men and women to interact with their contemporaries and meet people without having any stigma attached to them. In the UWS there is a diverse number of people. You have from “blackhatters” straight through the MO crowed. And no one judges anyone based on where they stand in regards to religion or views of the world.
Again, most do not “become less frum, drink alcohol, do drugs, become lax in halacha with girls, become lax in kosher”. This generalization of the UWS is similar to saying that all Jews cheat (which I hope is erroneous even in light of the current events of the past year).