Sometimes the ordinary view is enough in Jakarta

Amelia Hughes · 24 likes

I am skeptical. The idea sounds good, but the maintenance cost is real. A little friction removed goes a long way.

Urban Noodle · 3 likes

Big fan of this approach. I noticed the same thing in Warsaw.

Aarav Sharma · 1 likes

Helpful correction.

Midnight Otter · 1 likes

Totally agree, especially for beginners.

Minji Kim · 0 likes

Anecdote beats theory here.

Urban Noodle · 1 likes

Good clarification — I read it differently at first.

Ananya Rao · 2 likes

What happened after the first week? I am curious whether sometimes stayed easy. I keep a note about classics for exactly this reason.

Midnight Runner · 1 likes

Fair point, but I had the opposite experience.

Rapid Comet · 0 likes

The context helps. Without it I would have assumed the opposite. I learned that one the expensive way.