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Should we create more socially mixed residential areas, where rich people live next to poorer people, instead of in separate communities?

In order to answer this question, we must first examine the current situation of the Brazil. A lot of cities in Brazil also have mixed residential areas. As São Paulo has the Community of Paraisópolis in the middle of Morumbi. There are several problems with the current situation because this area was built disorganized way causing issues of safety, health and social. So, let us assume that if this area was built the planning way there were unless issues for life of people that live there and would be good to have mixed residential areas, where rich people live next to poorer people.   In my view, we could create more socially mixed residential areas and can exist perfectly well next to one the other. Indeed, with to support of government might be created this area of this organizer way and to provide more quality of life for people that live in this area. Additionally, mixed residential areas have a lot of opportunities of the jobs next to house for people can live there. A...

Should we create more socially mixed residential areas, where rich people live next to poorer people, instead of in separate communities?

In order to answer this question, we must first think where the prejudice with poorer population is. Not all people admit to being prejudiced, but we involuntarily demonstrate certain attitudes of this kind. Through this reflection we realize that prejudice is in the mind of people who think they are superior to someone just because they have more money than the other. In my view, the creation of more socially mixed residential areas, where rich people live next to poorer people, instead of in separate communities would force the prejudiced people to live with another social environment that is not their custom and through this relationship and this conviviality, the idea of superiority would be broken. Admittedly, there are examples of cases that this conviviality did not work. But the number of cases that worked out is greater than those that went wrong and even if that result is not achieved within those areas, outsiders have certainly been able to exert such diversity and...