Chabakuk Elisha - a snapshot of his Chabad Shule

Commenting to the post Snapshot of my Chabad Shule, Chabakuk Elisha writes about his place of worship in Brooklyn, NY (I guess he is not worried about excommunication):

20% Chassidim from various backgrounds, currently happy to be a part of a group that has more to offer than most others. They enjoy a maymar chassidus, a chissidishe farbrengen, and like-minded chaveirim. Most don't send their kids to Lubavitcher mosdos.

20% People who joined Chabad (some Baalei Teshuvah, and some FFBs) who feel that they should accept Lubavitch for its maylos � not to deny the problems � but they take the good with the bad & ugly. They send their kids, for the most part, to Lubavitcher mosdos.

20% Chassidim who in a more idealistic time felt that Lubavitch offered them a more meaningful, less repressive and a more intellectual approach to Yiddishket. The majority of them have become progressively more baal-habatish, and more disillusioned by the Chabad �scene� � but they keep coming, and grumbling about the situation. They hope their kids won�t make the same mistake. (As R� Yoel Kahn once told a representative sample of this group �oib azoi, eihr zent a shvantz � eihr hut nisht dus, un nisht dus.) They�re actually overstated on this list at 20 %, but they wield a lot of power, and control most decision making.

10% Chassidim escaping main-stream Lubavitch, to a community that is more heimish, hoping that they are gaining on the deal.

7% My Heroes: Russians (of a fairly young variety), and friends, who have created a small group. They have some unity, and tend not to be overly concerned with what anyone else is doing. They're there on their own terms, and follow their own rules � decorum be darned. They are shocked if/when one of them is given an Aliya by the oligarchy.

5% Some outwardly visible Lubavich affiliated individuals with more litvishe backgrounds. Some have decided that the Litvaks were right after all, but they currently feel that they�re stuck here now; they also hope their kids won�t make the same mistake. Others lean towards just doing their own thing.

5% Neighborhood generic-chassidicly oriented individuals, that enjoy a nice shiur Chassidus, and a shul where anyone can feel comfortable & invisible.

5% A few regular Lubavitchers from birth. I�m not sure why they ended up here�

5% Guests and relatives of all kinds. Most of the more main-stream Lubavitcher types think the shul is pathetic, and not real a Lubavitcher shul. Most non-Lubavitchers think that the place is nuts, but harmless � sometimes they�re impressed by something (sometimes otherwise). Overall, they usually leave with a better opinion of those crazy Lubavitchers.

3% Elderly yidden with Chabad connections.

There�s no shliach, but there is a paid Mashpia. He gives highly-acclaimed shiurim, and is a well respected Chassidishe yid � but aside from a shiur, he mostly (talks to the wall and) keeps to himself. This is a tentative description. I may be forced to revise it upon further review...