I think the communities in E’Y are more isolated than those elsewhere ESPECIALLY New york City
As isolated as Borough park is, Its STILL NYC, The buses that run on 13th Ave have NYC ads. If you Ride the Subway on new Utrecht you will meet all kinds of people.
Williamsburg besides being a Chassidic community is also a Hipster community with the BQE running down the middle
Even lakewood is only about 50% jewish so living and dealing with Non-Jews is common
HOWEVER in Israel its very different other than Meir Sharim seeing tourist who want to see that community it is isolated
Its more So for Beit Shemesh or Bnei Brak, outsiders dont really go there as much.
This is why I think these things are all happening in Israel more than the US, The People in Israel dont understand and dont need to understand.