I personally dont live in Lakewood because the realtor I dealt with wa honest enough to tell me, dont bother, you will never get your kids into any yeshiva or girls school. In his honesty and candor he told me point blank I have too many strikes against me. I work, wear “colored” shirts, I let my over bar mitzvah boys do the same, take english studies seriously and make sure my kids do the same (and demand the same from the yeshiva) am clean shaven (which in of itself he told me is not bad, but taken together with everything else, creates a package), the light grey pants and navy blue sport jacket just seemed to “over the top” that people would suspect the kashrus in my home and might consider staying away from the wine in my house (OK, i made up the ones about the kashrus). Point being, I was told dont move here because too many people dont want you, and if you do, you wont be welcome. True or not, we took his advice and stayed in Flatbush.
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