Originally Posted by
iahphx
Honestly, you don't see that much true poverty as a tourist in BA these days (different from, say, 2003, when lots of people were collecting cardboard on the streets).
Near Retiro is an area where you'll see poverty and next to the railway line as well.
Cardboard collecting and rummaging in the rubbish dump happens in my town so I can assure you it still happens in the capital as well. I do know a very civil chap who makes a comfortable living off of collecting cardboard so it doesn't necessarily mean the collector is in a poverty situation.