Jakarta is world's largest city.

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In smaller countries a pretty high % of the country's population lives in its largest city. For example in Belgium about 21% of the population lives in the Brussels metro area, in the Netherlands about 13% of the population lives in the Amsterdam metro area. In larger countries the population tends to be more spread out - in Nigeria about 9% of the population lives in the Lagos metro, in Pakistan about 8.5% of the population lives in the Karachi metro, in the US about 6% of the population lives in the NYC metro, in China about 2% of the population lives in the Shanghai metro, in India about 1.5% of the population lives in the Mumbai metro.

In Indonesia, 15% of the population lives in the Jakarta metro.
 
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I traveled there often and would stay for several months at a time pre-911. The thing I remember most is the 6 lane roads downtown with constant bumper to bumper traffic. The red lights would fail all the time and then the war would begin. The side who had the lanes would keep going 6 lanes of cars leaving only air between them and never giving in to the other side. The other side 6 lanes strong would creep car by car forward until they took control and then they would fight to keep it while the other side started creeping. The taxi rides were exhausting.
 
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Flogballs said:
My wife travels there for business occasionally. Mostly to Semarang. She brought home some coffee called Kopi luwak. I’m hesitant to try it
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Don’t hesitate. Yes, a regional beast eats the coffee fruits and poop out the bean kernels from which we brew coffee. Their digestive systems “cure” these, which are gathered from their scat, washed, and used for making coffee.
 
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VOLtaism said:
I traveled there often and would stay for several months at a time pre-911. The thing I remember most is the 6 lane roads downtown with constant bumper to bumper traffic. The red lights would fail all the time and then the war would begin. The side who had the lanes would keep going 6 lanes of cars leaving only air between them and never giving in to the other side. The other side 6 lanes strong would creep car by car forward until they took control and then they would fight to keep it while the other side started creeping. The taxi rides were exhausting.
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It's hard to believe today but in the 80's there wasn't much traffic on the expressways and drivers, especially the taxis, liked to practice for the Grand Prix. Taxi rides were exhausting then too but from terror.
 
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Tin Man said:
Don’t hesitate. Yes, a regional beast eats the coffee fruits and poop out the bean kernels from which we brew coffee. Their digestive systems “cure” these, which are gathered from their scat, washed, and used for making coffee.
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Almost all the luwak coffee comes from caged civets kept in pretty bad conditions. It's big money for the sellers so many try to maximize production by any means possible.
 
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EasternVol said:
Almost all the luwak coffee comes from caged civets kept in pretty bad conditions. It's big money for the sellers so many try to maximize production by any means possible.
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Well, don’t buy it again. But, why waste what you have on hand?
 
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