Rio and Sao Paulo Urban Decay

[Trantor]

Originally Posted by Bedhead

I preferred the tour you did of Rio a while back.

if I am not mistaken, he also showed a lot of poor areas and bad angles of Rio in that thread.


we can always count on DToronto to show the ugly side of brazilian cities. And not much more.

[Trantor]

Originally Posted by Expat

This is startling & tragic, to say the least. Let me ask a stupid question. Do horses roam freely? I have seen places where dogs roam freely and some livestock, such as chickens. But, have never seen horses roam freely.

probably it "belongs" to someone who uses him (the horse) to pull a cart and collect recycable garbage.

just the same way its not simple to enforce laws to remove illegally built shantytowns, its not simple to enforce laws that forbid horses in these poor neighborhoods. In a better neighborhood, a stray horse would probably be removed.

Originally Posted by Proof Sheet

Is there any way to provide us with the direct link to the 2nd Sao Paulo image that was from Google Street View...that is incredible how the bridge was built directly above those homes.

obviously, the bridge was built first, and the homes were built later, ILLEGALLY, taking advantage of the bridge structure to provide shelter (your roof can be simpler quality if the bridge will protect it against direct rain).

[LFellipe]

Originally Posted by llamaorama

who lives in that mess in Madrid or Portugal? Maybe gypsies/roma, or immigrants who aren't legally in the country?

Personally, I would consider squatter camps in developed countries with elaborate social services to be a different phenomenon than the slums or favelas of Latin America.

[LFellipe]

urbanization and improvements in rio de janeiro

















the cable car







Lucas C. Silva, no Flickr



Portal Oficial da Rocinha, no Flickr



carlosever, no Flickr



Edmar Moreira, no Flickr







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[dtoronto]

More Sao Paulo

[Nightsky]

It looks really bad, but it is at least good that they are developing these areas. It seems they are doing well with the develoment. But can the poor people stay in the area after it has been developed?

[Trantor]

Originally Posted by Nightsky

It looks really bad, but it is at least good that they are developing these areas. It seems they are doing well with the develoment. But can the poor people stay in the area after it has been developed?

it looks quite obvious those news buildings are public housing projects built EXACTLY for that poor population

who from upper or middle classes, in their right mind, would pay for apartments in those ugly buildings, with not even a garage?

[diskojoe]

I will never joke that I am poor again

[Okayyou]

Crazy, I took this exact same shot a few months ago.

Google Street View:


Mine:


Funny seeing that one with the horse. When I was in Salvador I saw several horses galloping along the median of a divided highway, cars whizzing past in both directions. One of those WTF moments.

[Trantor]

wow, almost the exact same angle. If your photo didnt show less of that green house in the bottom, I would say is the SAME photo.

anyway, I wonder why the fascination, specially by DToronto, with BRAZILIAN poverty. Its not as if other latin american countries, as well as most of Africa and a big part of southerastern Asia had less poverty.