flatbush > Today even truck drivers,plumbers and lay people dress like rebbes. It’s a different world.
is it really a different world or just looks strange? are these shterimel-dressed people all behave like tzadikim? I don’t think middos moved at the same speed as the dress code. Same goes for learning. To quote someone “if we have 1000 times more people in yeshiva than during Rambam’s time – where are 1000 Rambams of our generation”?