Extreme Rich/Poor Divide in Cities
As our capital city continues to expand wider and higher to cater for more skyscraping condominiums, the divide between the haves and have-nots is becoming more and more noticeable.
Perhaps it is something to be expected - our city is an old one, there plenty of old neighbourhoods with aging shophouses and urban villages that once housed the thousands of immigrants from the rural areas looking for employment back in the 60’s and 70’s.
But now, a new breed of towers have appeared around the KLCC, perhaps a sign of a deeping divide in the city. This of course is not an issue peculiar to KL, most other third world country face this reality too.
This photo is from Paraisópolis favela, Morumbi, Sao Paulo in Brazil.
The second photo is another view of the divide, taken from the side of the shanty town.
This two photos below, are in the Venezuela capital, Caracas.
The same location as seen from Google Earth.
This last set is taken from Dharavi, Mumbai in India.
Note the homes built on the small hillock.
The same hillock from Google Earth.
Photos and write-up are from deputy-dog.com.
This is something very interesting. Hope this doesn’t happen in Malaysia.
Comment by PropNet — October 5, 2007 @ 1:20 pm