Brazil vs India

[Latinus]

1) yes
2) I don't know, never visited a favela, most Brazilians haven't

I have been to a favela once...

[Chaos One]

I have been to many favelas. Basically things work on a different way - people there tend to know each other, isn't uncommon to see a normal guy who have 2 or 3 friends already dead because they joined some criminal gangs, criminals hardly do anykind of theft there, etc. If you know someone from the area there's no problem at all, and even if you don't know they will not mock you if you just walk knowing what you're doing.

Still, Adamastor is right that Favelas can be seen as a proper "institution" designed to keep people poor. To understand how favelas became popular, you have to go back to the 70's and the massive exodus from NE rural areas to SE Brazil. Most people couldn't afford a house than started to make shanks on hills (usually prohibited places to lift a house)...after 2 or 3 generations, most families still there because they got used to this kind of life and pay far less than any other common middle class family. However, it's important to say that most people in fact would leave the area if they wanted.

Also, any type of public politics regarding remotion of favelas and construction of houses/apartments to change the situation will also be pointed as "communism" by the middle/high class in Brazil.

[Ranger0075]

The Apricity is a smart move to perceive how shithole a country is. Just look if the user from such ethnicity lives in his own country.

I guess most Brazilians here live in Brazil, I am not sure tho cause I know there is a Huezilian here who lives in Sweden or Germany. While most Indians here are usually Americans or Canadians, so I guess Brazil is a little better.

[Chaos One]

The Apricity is a smart move to perceive how shithole a country is. Just look if the user from such ethnicity lives in his own country.

I guess most Brazilians here live in Brazil, I am not sure tho cause I know there is a Huezilian here who lives in Sweden or Germany. While most Indians here are usually Americans or Canadians, so I guess Brazil is a little better.

For sure Brazil is a better country to live.

However, in terms of macropolitics and economy, India has an upper hand because they at least have somekind of "national program"...Brazil politics are a total mess.

[bandeirante]

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[bandeirante]

1) more or less
2) Hardly if you don't come from there. It's possible to become poor and end up in a working class neighbourhood, but working class neighbourhoods in Brazil don't look like favelas, favelas are very specific places
3) I don't know

as periferias são bem pobres no brasil! é quase uma pre-favela! as favelas são algo como 6% da população as periferias 20% da população! juntas elas algo como 25% da população brasileira!

[Alenka]

Both can develop, why not? I think the question is more which one will develop sooner and faster. And I'm not sure. It could go either way, depending quite a bit on what kind of decisions and changes poiticians there will work on implementing. Both places have potential for progress and success, but first and foremost, lots of room for improvement.

[Root]

It's highly unlikely that India will ever be a relevant and developed country even compared to Brazil or Indonesia in the near future unless the locals start to exterminate everything related to modern India's caste system and educate themselves how to stop shitting in random places. Well, if Indian manufacturers are able to develop a significant amount of toilets and sewage facilities, then you can surely say that India is a developed country

[El_Abominacion]

1) yes
2) I don't know, never visited a favela, most Brazilians haven't

Are favelas limited to only the outskirts of cities?

[luc2112]

Are favelas limited to only the outskirts of cities?

Yes, are usually in state capitals. Some Brazilian states have eliminated their slums