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Vol. IA Standing Record of Fine Addresses · Kuala Lumpur
Darren Tan
Area Guide · A Definitive Reference

Bangsar

The neighbourhood where Kuala Lumpur actually lives. Bangsar holds its value because it earns it daily: the walkability, the food, the schools, the sense that everything a family needs sits within ten minutes. The landed streets behind the commercial rows are the quiet core of it, and houses there change hands by word of mouth more often than by portal. What you are buying in Bangsar is not a house so much as a working life that does not require a car for every errand.

Commentary
The neighbourhood where Kuala Lumpur actually lives. Bangsar holds its value because it earns it daily: the walkability, the food, the schools, the sense that everything a family needs sits within ten minutes. The landed streets behind the commercial rows are the quiet core of it, and houses there change hands by word of mouth more often than by portal. What you are buying in Bangsar is not a house so much as a working life that does not require a car for every errand. The energy that makes Bangsar desirable also makes parts of it loud. The premium for the genuinely quiet streets is real and earned, and a beautiful house on the wrong row can cost you more in the living than it saved in the buying.
The honest trade off
The energy that makes Bangsar desirable also makes parts of it loud. The premium for the genuinely quiet streets is real and earned, and a beautiful house on the wrong row can cost you more in the living than it saved in the buying.
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