in Lakewood, New Jersey, non-Jewish (or maybe also non-Orthodox) residents of a condomium are upset that ever since the Orthodox Jewish residents became the majority they have not taken the needs and requests of the minority residents into consideration, and they refuse to allow adequate hours for mixed swimming in the complex swimming pool.
The response to requests has been that they need to get used to the fact that it is now a Jewish building and they are the majority.
source: app.com
This is what has come to be known in Israel as the Bet Shemesh effect. Ultra orthodox move in, become a majority and then change the rules and take nobody else's needs into consideration. It is why mayors all over Israel refuse to approve new neighborhoods to be built for haredim
The majority in a democratic society is supposed to protect the rights of the minority. When the orthodox Jews were a minority in this home I would hope the administration was forthcoming and gave reasonable hours for separate swimming for them, and I would hope when the orthodox are the majority they'll give reasonable hours for mixed swimming for the minority.
While the majority of Orthodox Jews might be able to grab all the available hours for themselves and just give a pittance of time for others, it would probably be much wiser and more neighborly to also offer some reasonable hours of swimming to the other residents.
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