Litvish Vs Chassidic Worlds: Beard, Shetails and Dress

I think that at least in the ultra-orthodox community the influence of the Chassidic lifestyle is growing rapidly.

Why do you feel that is the case? Ie what are these social / hashkasfic / halachic influences?

At least in Lakewood, many Litvishe send their kids to Chassidishe schools and speak Yiddish to them. Also most do not send to highschools with secular studies. And would Lakewood qualify as a ghetto?

I would also add the extreme position of the ultra-orthodox towards Zionist Gedolim which has certainly been influenced by the Satmar Rav's position on this matter.

Your categories are wrong. The Hasidim look like Eastern Europeans of 300 years ago, right down to their fur hats and long coats. They were influenced by the non-Jews of Eastern Europe just as surely as group you call Litvaks were influenced by America, only that's wrong too. They aren't "litvaks;" they are non-Hasidim, and because they are non-hasidim, they permit themselves to borrow from the surrounding culture, which is what all Jews always used to do. (refer again to how Hasidic clothing is really Eastern European clothing.)

I believe that nowadays 'Litvish' is used as a synonym for Misnaged.

I have read this article by you, and i would like to add, that not all Chassidic groups fit into the category's that you profile. E.G. Chabad, more open minded to the secular world, wearing a suit, looking more presentable (I am not negating the way the more Polish Chassidic sects look like, actually I commend their look), put in Chabad, it is taught a more welcoming approach to outsiders. But we do keep our beard (un-trimmed) and Peyos. There is also the ideological difference between Chabad and other sects. We will discuss at length when I get back

As noted the classic Litvisher Yeshivisher type is a rare bread today. For example no one at Ner Israel in the 1950's wore their tzitzis out. It simply was not done. No bachur sported a beard

Also, the burgeoning personality cults of Roshei Yeshiva has been adopted by the Litvisher world from the Chasidsher World. In the "old" days, no Poseik {Litvisher or otherwise} was treated as infallible by the Litvisher world. That has changed. The Mishnah Brurah has been canonized by the Litvisher world into something beyond the authority of any predecessor I cna thiink of. Certainly the Chayei Adam or Shach, or Aruch Hashulchan were never treated as complete final authorities.

The old Litvishe world was more skeptical and talmidim challenged Roshei Yeshiva with difficlt blistering questions. It used to be the role of the Yeshivisher Talmid to take his rebbe to task. Now it seems the role is to just to answer "amein gut gezukt" w/o any challenge lest one be considered disloyal.

As one of my Litvsiher rebbes admonised us - ich vill nisht keinfrum teira! {I don't want any pious learning - iow thinkfor yourself before you acquiesce to what I say!}

What is the diffrent Views on the coming of moshiach......Litvish VS Chassidic.................