We asked four traders at Pasar Baru what has changed in the last five years. We got four different answers. All of them were correct.
“The internet did not kill us. It made us learn faster.”

Four small business owners at Pasar Baru Bekasi on what has changed — and what stubbornly hasn’t.
We asked four traders at Pasar Baru what has changed in the last five years. We got four different answers. All of them were correct.
“The internet did not kill us. It made us learn faster.”
Filed on 4 March 2026. The BekasiGo editorial team writes long-form journalism about the city’s neighborhoods, kitchens, rituals, and people.