[carlosjobim]

> Actually it is the opposite, it is a scream from those who don't really have a voice in the city.

It is most certainly not. This romanticizing of criminals and vandals is not any kind of compassion. Who would like their neighborhood or home turned into a hell scape?

Edit: To those who downvoted my comment, go look up some pictures of how these neighborhoods look when they are all covered in tags. Ask yourself if you would want to live there? But of course it's easy to be such a benevolent and tolerant hacker, when you don't have to live it yourself...

[eberfreitas]

Well. "O buraco é mais embaixo". But by the tone of your message I can see there is no point in trying to develop this any further.

[doseijin]

lá ele irmão

[p1necone]

Personally I pretty much always prefer to see graffiti over plain grey concrete, even when it is just simple tags.

[carlosjobim]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Sao_vito...

Would you like to look at only buildings and every surface around you looking like the picture above and worse for hours every day for your commute. Because that is the reality for millions of people. Desolation and decay might be a cool photo for traveling hackers to put on their Instagram, but I think it is different when you have to live in it.

I have never heard anybody from São Paulo talk about the delights of this grafitti covering the whole city. I guess they're just uncultured?

[tiagod]

Honestly, does unsolicited ink even rank in the major issues faced by São Paulo, or any major city?

[carlosjobim]

Murder is the major issue in São Paulo. Does that mean nothing else should be discussed or commented upon?