Man on the Street Interviews

There are two main suburb islands off of Male. Vilingili, which somewhat resembles an average inhabited island with dirt streets, and Hulhumale, a man-made island. Hulhumale is having problems. First of all the development company responsible for the new island only allows people from Male to buy land and build there. Because people who live in Male already have homes, most of the people who buy land are rich investors. Furthermore, the Hulhumale development corporation is not that good about providing things such as sewers and running water. Furthermore, the ferry service is overcrowded and the ferry company is insisting everything is fine. The upshot of this is that people from Hulhumale are angry and thus are willing to give interviews on camera. In a country where the vast majority of people shy away from the camera, being able to get an actual "man on the street" interview (even it if was in Dhivehi) was a refreshing change.