I love the city's vibrant Chinatown. It's an area with a lot of character and history.
Most people just walk in and out of Petaling Street and haggle with the peddlers for cheap goods. Others grab a nice Peranakan or Malaysian Chinese meal in the stalls or the small restaurants.
I like to walk around the entire neighbourhood and observe day to day life. I still see the cobblers, traders, locksmiths and other small businessmen, but many of the older buildings are being restored and renovated and it looks like the new occupants of office space there are going to be trendy modern companies.
The colourful neighbourhood is a nice place to enhance creativity, but I'd hate to see it go all corporate and plush. This is after all a prime location. Let's hope the area doesn't lose its character.
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