Has the Peak of Urban Car Culture been Reached?
The author's new apartment in the outskirts of Bukit Bintang is a noisy one. With the open balcony directly facing the train tracks of Kuala Lumpur's Light Rail line, the sounds of each train passing through (at about one train every three minutes during the peak hours) are loud enough to wake a light sleeper in the middle of the night. Along with almost intimate proximity to the constant concert venue that is Stadium Negara, it kind of explains why the place seem to be cheapest one in this pricey neighborhood. Not that the author really cares, considering the romanticism he constantly associate with running of the trains .