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Are those Asians that are supposedly moving to the low avenues of Boro Park any wealthier than Chassidim?
It’s more than just nostalgia. Any place where Jews used to be but are no more is an embarrassment. Making Brooklyn Judenrein would be a shame. Also, what about few who have no reason or desire or means to move anywhere (have jobs here that would be hard to find elsewhere)? I would have no problem being an Ashkenazic minority in the Sephardic Flatbush.
There’s no shortage of kids in the yeshiva that my kids are attending – Torah Vidaas and Bays Yaakov D’Rav Meir. Yes, many Ashkenazic yeshivish families make it a goal have all their kids to learn (and, consequently, settle) in Lakewood. But, first, many is not all. Secondly, most of those who don’t set their goal to learn full time doesn’t have much of a reason to choose Lakewood specifically because it’s not as cheap as it was decades ago either. While Brooklyn is overpriced, there are other things to be taken to account, such as the cost and time for commute to work, most of which is still in NYC.
To visit Rav Kanievsky, I had to come to his shul to daven in the same minyan with him. Then I, along with other visitors, had to accompany him on his short walk from shul to his house. Then I had to wait for about half hour or so. At that time his wife (Rav Elyshiv’s daughter) was still alive; I saw her.
As for Rav David Abuchatzeira (whom I would like to visit him on my next trip to Israel), I was told that he lives in Nahariya and is available for visitors starting from 3pm during the week, except Sunday (corresponding to his last initial – A) and Wednesday (corresponding to his first initial – D). On other weekdays, he should be available.