Social and urban issues

Social inequality has increased even the well-intentioned leaders try to reverse the situation. We verify growth of criminality practiced against people and against the patrimony. Despite -of- the criminal increase a few years ago we have noticed the expansion of large residential areas with employees carrying firearms and all kinds of security devices. There are types of condos from those for very rich people to the most popular ones. Although many people say that it is a form -way- of socioeconomic and cultural segregation, on the other hand we can see benefits in this form of housing because, "naturally" we will have people with similar lifestyles living among their "equals." Admittedly many people chose to live in places with this model because they feel more protected and safe. In spite of all the pros that people claims, on the other hand it doesn’t seem that businessmen work with improving the conditions of coexistence and neither to seek to reduce soc...

In order to answer this question, we must first examine weather people really want to mix the different residential areas. Not all the habitants of all cities in the world want to mix it. However there maybe some people that want to unite both communities. So let's assume that by and large there is a point to discuss: should we mix the residencial area? To my mind, mixing poorer and richer residential areas isn’t a problem but most of the people have a prejudice with it. Indeed, there are many examples of people that have tried to mix the residential area but in the end there is a border between then, for example in my own town there is a luxury building and right in front of it there is a huge “favela”. Some people believe that favelas and poorer areas is an issue and can bring a high chance of crimes, on the other hand some others think that it isn't a problem and just live with it,  as long as people respect each other. Admittedly, there are examples that people have di...

In order to answer this question, it is essential to know which place we are talking about, because what works in a city doesn’t necessarily has to work in another. Considering São Paulo, it is relatively common to see socially mixed residential areas (economicaly speaking). However, in cities like New York, seldom will you see that, usually they are separated by different boroughs (such as Brooklyn and Manhattan). If you ask me, the fact that rich people live next to poor people is not a problem, but it requires conditions, in a certain way that one class won’t disturb the other’s peace and way of living. To my mind, socially mixed residential areas not only exist, but they are also common in a lot of different places, and it is definitely not an issue. Indeed, there are several examples where I live, São Paulo. Across the street of luxury buildings, there is a huge favela, Paraisópolis. I have been living here for 9 years, and Paraisópolis has never been a problem. Even though som...