# Indonesia proposes moving capital from Jakarta to a new city in the Borneo jungle

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**Created:** [March 19, 2023, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indonesia-proposes-moving-capital-from-jakarta-to-a-new-city-in-the-borneo-jungle/981341 "2023-03-19T03:35:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indonesia-proposes-moving-capital-from-jakarta-to-a-new-city-in-the-borneo-jungle/981341/21 "2023-03-21T05:05:51Z")

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> [@nearwildheaven](#):
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> since Yogyakarta was mentioned, she went there. She was offered a choice between a 45-minute flight, or 8 hours on bad roads, and chose the flight.

She chose wisely.

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**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indonesia-proposes-moving-capital-from-jakarta-to-a-new-city-in-the-borneo-jungle/981341/22 "2023-03-25T12:07:28Z")

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was NYC actually bigger than Philly and Boston at that time?

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