and the related slum tours that can be had all over the world from India to South Africa<\/a>) are insightful or simply exploitative. Probably a little of both. Wouldn’t you best serve the favelas and slums by engaging the people who live there and developing the neighborhood for everyone, not just wealthy tourists?\u00a0 At the other end, maybe it’s this kind of business development that will help lift people out of poverty (but at what cost?). I have no idea. I don’t have a good answer for this one. Maybe a little of both? How about that for hedging my answer? Maybe I should go into politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blessed with stunning views and located in what seems like worlds apart from the overcrowded, tourist-friendly sections of the city, Rio’s slums or “favelas” may soon become the city’s trendiest destination. Favelas like Vidigal, which overlooks Ipanema Beach and the Cagarras Islands (and was the filming locale for “City of God“) are being eyed for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,2562,2577],"tags":[264,43,265],"yoast_head":"\n
Are Rio's Slums The City's Trendiest Areas? | The Expeditioner Travel Site<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/17\/are-rios-slums-the-citys-trendiest-areas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Are Rio's Slums The City's Trendiest Areas? | The Expeditioner Travel Site\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Blessed with stunning views and located in what seems like worlds apart from the overcrowded, tourist-friendly sections of the city, Rio’s slums or “favelas” may soon become the city’s trendiest destination. Favelas like Vidigal, which overlooks Ipanema Beach and the Cagarras Islands (and was the filming locale for “City of God“) are being eyed for […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/17\/are-rios-slums-the-citys-trendiest-areas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Expeditioner Travel Site\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheExpeditioner\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheExpeditioner\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-03-18T02:43:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-01-16T21:31:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/vidigal.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"256\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Matt Stabile\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/\",\"name\":\"The Expeditioner Travel Site\",\"description\":\"The Expeditioner is a travel site for the avid traveler, featuring travel articles, videos and news.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/17\/are-rios-slums-the-citys-trendiest-areas\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/vidigal.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/vidigal.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":256},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/17\/are-rios-slums-the-citys-trendiest-areas\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/17\/are-rios-slums-the-citys-trendiest-areas\/\",\"name\":\"Are Rio's Slums The City's Trendiest Areas? | The Expeditioner Travel Site\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/17\/are-rios-slums-the-citys-trendiest-areas\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-03-18T02:43:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-01-16T21:31:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/f2166719b52fb23af6284eb10e6dcb02\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/17\/are-rios-slums-the-citys-trendiest-areas\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/17\/are-rios-slums-the-citys-trendiest-areas\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/17\/are-rios-slums-the-citys-trendiest-areas\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Are Rio’s Slums The City’s Trendiest Areas?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/f2166719b52fb23af6284eb10e6dcb02\",\"name\":\"Matt Stabile\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e2778bc5470e9a40bc56797af005c4e?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e2778bc5470e9a40bc56797af005c4e?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Matt Stabile\"},\"description\":\"Matt Stabile is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Expeditioner and New York Tech City. You can follow him on Twitter via @theexpeditioner or on Google+.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.TheExpeditioner.com\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheExpeditioner\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theexpeditioner\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/author\/theexped\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Are Rio's Slums The City's Trendiest Areas? | The Expeditioner Travel Site","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/17\/are-rios-slums-the-citys-trendiest-areas\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Are Rio's Slums The City's Trendiest Areas? | The Expeditioner Travel Site","og_description":"Blessed with stunning views and located in what seems like worlds apart from the overcrowded, tourist-friendly sections of the city, Rio’s slums or “favelas” may soon become the city’s trendiest destination. Favelas like Vidigal, which overlooks Ipanema Beach and the Cagarras Islands (and was the filming locale for “City of God“) are being eyed for […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/17\/are-rios-slums-the-citys-trendiest-areas\/","og_site_name":"The Expeditioner Travel Site","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheExpeditioner\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheExpeditioner","article_published_time":"2009-03-18T02:43:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-01-16T21:31:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":400,"height":256,"url":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/vidigal.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Matt Stabile","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/","name":"The Expeditioner Travel Site","description":"The Expeditioner is a travel site for the avid traveler, featuring travel articles, videos and news.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/17\/are-rios-slums-the-citys-trendiest-areas\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/vidigal.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/vidigal.jpg","width":400,"height":256},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/17\/are-rios-slums-the-citys-trendiest-areas\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/17\/are-rios-slums-the-citys-trendiest-areas\/","name":"Are Rio's Slums The City's Trendiest Areas? | The Expeditioner Travel Site","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/17\/are-rios-slums-the-citys-trendiest-areas\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2009-03-18T02:43:57+00:00","dateModified":"2012-01-16T21:31:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/f2166719b52fb23af6284eb10e6dcb02"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/17\/are-rios-slums-the-citys-trendiest-areas\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/17\/are-rios-slums-the-citys-trendiest-areas\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/17\/are-rios-slums-the-citys-trendiest-areas\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Are Rio’s Slums The City’s Trendiest Areas?"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/f2166719b52fb23af6284eb10e6dcb02","name":"Matt Stabile","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e2778bc5470e9a40bc56797af005c4e?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e2778bc5470e9a40bc56797af005c4e?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Matt Stabile"},"description":"Matt Stabile is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Expeditioner and New York Tech City. You can follow him on Twitter via @theexpeditioner or on Google+.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.TheExpeditioner.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheExpeditioner","https:\/\/twitter.com\/theexpeditioner"],"url":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/author\/theexped\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1603"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15274,"href":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1603\/revisions\/15274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"vidigal\"](\"https:\/\/www.theexpeditioner.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/vidigal.jpg\" "\\"vidigal\\"")
<\/p>\n