You wonder how most people survive earning less than US$1000 a month and be considered as middle class
You wonder how even more people survive earning less than $100 a month
You then wonder how people who make a living from dodgy roadside “warung” can send their kids all the way to university
You also wonder why the city keeps building malls. They should call this place Jakarta Mall City. 18 years ago Pondok Indah Mall was one of only two high profile and up market malls in the city (yeah, malls in the city). The other was Plaza Indonesia. Ratu Plaza had burnt down back then IIRC and was yet to be rebuilt. Today, I pass a minimum of three malls or shopping centers to get there with one more being built in each direction
You wonder what the hell are those concrete pillars doing between Plaza Senayan and Senayan City and several more along Jl. Rasuna Said in Kuningan. They were supposed to be the start of the new monorail system but plans fell through. Reminds me of Shelbyville
You wonder why the transit authority keeps allowing new motorcycles to be registered each day when existing ones almost clog the roads, cause more accidents than car and owned and used by people who don’t even know how to ride them properly let alone have license
You wonder who buys those super ultra hyper expensive A++ segment apartments all over the city and how many people can afford them since new ones spring up from the ground every month and they keep getting more and more expensive
You wonder why the hell do foreigners get paid at minimum 5 times the rate they pay the locals when many don’t seem to be any more qualified to do the job
You wonder why they didn’t build mass transport system all the way back in the 70’s or even 80’s when there were not so many people and vehicles
You wonder why they didn’t move the capital elsewhere so as to avoid the madness of having the city as the center of the country with all official central government business mixed up with trade and entertainment industries.
You wonder why there are not enough cops in this city of 12 million people and why they are not paid enough
You finally wonder why are you reading this post instead of doing something about it?
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