Meta Sao Paulo

The UN estimates the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil will reach the 20 million population mark by the year 2035. As far as I know, we may already be there. In any case 70% of this population lives at least 2 hours from the downtown area or to available jobs and a developed infranstructure. They are scattered in what is known here as the "periferias" (periphery settlements) for a disappearing middle class and the lower classes. Like the picture below, they are poorly lit areas with little infrastructure and the urbanization here continues to expand outward. These areas are states withing states. The police and the residents here work under their own codes. I have come back to the "Jardim Pantanal" after a seven month absence and it is now that the dark stories as well the joys of living fast begin to surface.