This article scrutinizes the responses of people who lives in North Penajam Paser about the relocation of capital city. The relocation of the capital city of Indonesia from Jakarta to North Penajam Paser has been set in stone and will be followed by rapid socio-cultural changes. There is an issue that makes the majority of the Penajam community, especially around the Core Zone of Central Government, feel anxious because they concern about being marginalized and the threat of cultural erosion by the development of the national capital, such as cultural sites, so that it can trigger social conflict.