Extreme Rich-poor Divides
- added September 20, 2007
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- andrewrules
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heres a quick selection of shocking photos / google maps links to start the day. they all illustrate an extreme degree of wealth divide in different parts of the world.
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- andrewrules
- 11 months ago
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This one really captures it.Kinda makes you wonder what the folks on either side think every time they look across, eh?
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- Justin_Gunn
- 11 months ago
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This is pretty amazing visually. You should check out the Morrinho project, a brick sculpture of a favela currently at the Venice Biennale.
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/007142.html-
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- Yesterdeath
- 11 months ago
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".. and yet the elite-class propaganda is so very effective in convincing the masses that things are is as they should be"
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- Mr_Costello
- 11 months ago
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With all the gentrification currently taking place in major metropolitan areas across the US, it won't be long till we start seeing images like this from our own cities.
Chicago is a place that immediately comes to mind. If anybody here is familiar with the notorious Cabrini Green housing projects you'd be amazed at their proximity to the Gold Coast area.
A very short bus ride can get you from the "hood" to Barneys in no time. -
This is very interesting. Although this division occurs on both broad and small scales. And the gradient is obvious when you look for it. Ever driven from Beverly Hills to Compton?
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LAGOS MEGACITY PREVIEWMariana van Zeller and I recently shot a piece in Lagos, Nigeria on this subject. A sneak preview is available here. Keep an eye out for the full piece in the next coming weeks...
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Pieces of CabriniIt's all just dust in the wind... -
That all seems so foreign to me. I grew up in a very rural area and now live in a city with very distinct property divisions. Things that come to mind is... There seems to be no sense of land ownership since everything is just built on whatever piece of dirt people can clear and build four walls on. Also, when there's a fire, where does the water come from? How do the fire fighters get there? I can't believe that in an environment like this that there aren't any fires.
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The problem is not the rich or the government of Nigeria it is the citizens. They just don't know how to reason (THINK!!!!!). They are all acting like animals in a cage. Don't they know that they have a brain...
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