Title: Once Unsafe, Rio's Shantytowns See Rapid Gentrification : Parallels : NPR
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But that doesn't make 54-year-old resident Ebilene Rodriguez Periera happy. She says the locals are being priced out of the market. Rents have gone up, and those who can't afford to pay are leaving the neighborhood to other, more dangerous favelas. The residents are not being allowed to enjoy the new security, she says. All the new restaurants and hotels are for the foreigners — not for us, she says. Services too are still spotty: Garbage is strewn on the street; electricity and water cut out regularly. Still, for many Cariocas, as the residents of Rio are known, the changes are a sign of hope.