Interception
The eastern part of Jakarta was previously overloaded with the housing of young families and workers before the pandemic. A line of electrical trains connected the central part of the city there, easing off the daily commute. When it was still sparsely populated, the land and housing price was much cheaper decades ago, making it popular with the younger families. But as the number of the population grew, just like the supply and demand law mandated, buying properties there required more money. It was a good investment option, too.
After the pandemic swept away three-quarters of the people, the neighbourhood that once saw young children run around in glee or housewives carrying their children at the front of the alleys, chatting with each other, baby in sling cloth, spoon and bowl on both hands, now slept with its dark and abandoned alleys every night.