Area Chareidi Shul more OO than area MO Shul?

In the post below, ej extols the praises of the Open Orthodox. However in my part of the world, I think the local Chareidim fit his description rather better. My local Chareidi shul is a huge kiruv shul - and that being the case, they welcome anyone and everyone. The mechitzah is low low low, people drive up to the front door on Shabbat, women turn up in jeans, and the Rabbi admionishes anyone who makes disparaging comments about this. Sure, their ultimate goal is to catch and brainwash unsuspecting secular Jews. And failing that their goal is to at least get wealthy secular Jews to support their institutions (or maybe that's actually their primary goal har har). But mitoch sheloh lishmah bah lishmah - by mixing with the non frum and secular types, it has some tolerance creating effects. Meanwhile the local MO shul has traditionally been more insular - non MOs are not particularly welcome (though things are changing a bit).

Also, the MO in general are passionless. There's no ruach. And what ruach there is often seems contrived. The Chareidim though have the passion, the spirituality and all the good stuff. It just feels more authentic (perhqaps this is just my bias). And my local Chareidi shul doesn't even support child molesters and tax fraudsters! Sounds to be good to be true!

So what's the down side? Why don't I daven by the Chareidim? Well, before I got skeptical I used to say that I couldn't stand the Chareidim because of their ridiculous hashkafas (e.g. Torah & Science). But now I realize that from a rational perspective, the MO are equally ridiculous, and the real difference between the Chareidi shul and the MO shul is just cultural and values based. I actually like most of their values, so I guess the real issue for me is purely cultural: the Chareidi / kiruv culture is a bit icky, at least from a modern perspective.

Now, you might be wondering what about all the LWMO Orthoprax that I claim are in MO - shouldn't that be a deciding factor for me in picking a shul? Yes and no. Firstly, the Chareidim have a few of those types too - for example spouses of kiruv projects who don't claim to be Orthodox. In a way they are actually better than the LWMO Orthoprax, because they're out in the open, while the LWMO OPs often stay in the closet. Secondly, at the end of the day, we are all in shul, davening to a possibility. But it's hard to daven to a possibility, and I would almost rather the guy davening next to me believes in what he's doing, rather than faking it to some extent like I do.

So I don't think I'll be going over to the dark side anytime soon, but I should pay them a visit. At the very least it will either cure me of this ridiculous fantasy, or maybe I might just get inspired.