[rippercushions]

They're building a showcase city a thousand kilometers away in a different island as the new capital, but they're not relocating the 20+ million who live in Jakarta.

[tough]

If they relocate the govt and companies paying salaries to those 20M, won't they also move there?

[seanmcdirmid]

They are relocating the government. The private companies weren’t invited. This is like how Burma moved its capital from Rangoon to Nay Pyi Taw, Rangoon is still the commercial capital if Burma.

[paavope]

I’m sure some will move, but that number is going to be closer to 0 than 20M

[627467]

That's it: 20 million helpless people are going to move like sheep because shepherds are moving to another place.