Have been staying in Setapak for about 3 years now. There has been many changes around here since. Good and bad. The walkway outside of Sri Pelangi Condominium is now a Chi Chong Gai (Chinatown), the pathway getting dirtier by the stalls nearby. We have people selling clothes, shoes, prawn crackers, water chestnut and (macam-macam) you can imagine. The little Thailand opposite Sri Pelangi Condo is also now an open space car park where you can park hourly or rent monthly.
Now speaking of the population in Setapak area, especially Jalan Prima Setapak, where there are four main favourite to places rent (Prima Setapak, Sri Pelangi, Genting Court and Plaza Prima Setapak), we notice an increasing number of foreigners, not ang mohs definitely but foreign workers from Bangladesh, Vietnam and Indonesia.
The foreigners are now much like expats living in the four main favourite places to rent mentioned. During the day, you can see many Vietnamese kids with weird school uniforms and bags walking to school. Their so called international school is actually one of the upstairs shop nearby. During the evening time, you can see the Vietnamese mothers hanging around with their baby carried in sarong.
Is this a good sign or bad? Probably good for the foreign workers but for the Malaysian young adults, perhaps its time to move?
