A small glitch on Google Maps illustrates nicely how close the supposedly higher middle class and the poorer classes are:
When ‘driving’ in the Street View mode on the Avenida Governador Afrânio Lages towards the Avenida Fernandes Lima, one suddenly drops down to the much less fancy Rua Diegues Júnior which is part of one of the biggest favelas of Maceio.
Poverty, for many Brazilians is but one misstep away…
La puce, die Welt and everything else 