In the suburbs of Buffalo,N.Y.,there's been a great deal of discussion--pro and con--regarding setting up and maintaining an eruv. I understand that young families with small children strongly favor setting up such a halachic device.The housing availability,expense,and the nature of the region's weather trends must also be factored in. It's a rather labor-intensive way of encouraging young couples with little children to consider moving into a community. As I understand it,the quite Orthodox community of Lakewood,N.J. does not have an eruv around it perimeters,although various apartment complexes do have their own eruv.
In the suburbs of Buffalo,N.Y.,there's been a great deal of discussion--pro and con--regarding setting up and maintaining an eruv. I understand that young families with small children strongly favor setting up such a halachic device.The housing availability,expense,and the nature of the region's weather trends must also be factored in. It's a rather labor-intensive way of encouraging young couples with little children to consider moving into a community. As I understand it,the quite Orthodox community of Lakewood,N.J. does not have an eruv around it perimeters,although various apartment complexes do have their own eruv.