Which Indonesian city near Jakarta has the best quality of living for fam.w/teenagers

[PhilippeD]

Jakarta is a very big city that no one want have to whole cross for going to work everyday. You will hear story of people that take 2 hour everyday for go working.

I think in a first step you must mention where (area/road) your husband will work.
That would help a lot to give you better advise on the choice of school and living area.

Sorry Vin.Vierge, on a matter of going work everyday to jakarta... I don't think Bandung can't be considered for an area of living! It would take 4 hour everyday for go work!!!

[vin.vierge]

Jakarta is a very big city that no one want have to whole cross for going to work everyday. You will hear story of people that take 2 hour everyday for go working.

I think in a first step you must mention where (area/road) your husband will work.
That would help a lot to give you better advise on the choice of school and living area.

Sorry Vin.Vierge, on a matter of going work everyday to jakarta... I don't think Bandung can't be considered for an area of living! It would take 4 hour everyday for go work!!!

Ahh.. my bad!
In that case I'll go for BOGOR then..

[naughtygab]

maybe would be easier if you could tell us where the working area would be
here's what i can list
1. BSD serpong /bintaro. nice area, quite complete .. but in the morning and evening the traffic could be awful.- close to south
2. modernland tangerang. nice compound too, - close to west
3. kelapa gading area - it's in north/east
4. lippo cikarang - at this moment thr traffic to enter the toll gate at cikarang is crazy, but will be better in 2013. if working area is close to north east
5. pantai indah kapuk, close to north area ( close to airport)

because if you live in BSD , but the working area is accross the city , the trip to go to the office is going to be unbearable.

[msmcfay]

I second BSD city. It depends where your husband will be working in Jakarta though. Access to South Jakarta is fairly easy via the toll road. Access to the center is also OK via the train line.

In terms of schools, it has Sinarmas World Academy which is an International High School and for younger children it has the Froggy Edutography about to open soon. I believe there are also some Montessori schools nearby.

It has decent hospitals nearby, plenty of shopping centres and is not nearly as polluted as Jakarta, especially if you live in one of the very green housing complexes.

There's even a German pub as well as many restaurants (Flavour Bliss in Alam Sutera for instance).

El_Goretto... Where is a German pub located? I heard there is British Pub also in BSD. Don't know where it is located though.

Yes, there is montessori school in Giri Loka 3 and also Kencana Loka. There is also one in Melati mas, very close to BSD. There are several international schools in BSD such as DIS, Binus, Saint John and Nanyang International school.

[El_Goretto]

El_Goretto... Where is a German pub located? I heard there is British Pub also in BSD. Don't know where it is located though.

Yes, there is montessori school in Giri Loka 3 and also Kencana Loka. There is also one in Melati mas, very close to BSD. There are several international schools in BSD such as DIS, Binus, Saint John and Nanyang International school.

It's across from Giant, on the other side of the main boulevard. It's next to EKA Hospital and is located on top of the German Center building.

[msmcfay]

It's across from Giant, on the other side of the main boulevard. It's next to EKA Hospital and is located on top of the German Center building.

Thanks for the info El_Goretto. Will tell hubby about it. Maybe he will check on it when he is back.

[Fransiska Elin]

Bandung. Nothern bandung to be precise..lots of trees, cool weather, fresh air. 2 hours drive from jakarta. U'd betterwork in jakarta monday thru friday then spend the weekend in bandung the traffic jam is also terrible though because all jakartans go to bandung on weekends