This is pretty wild and an exaggeration. You’ll get robbed if you’re not a local, sure. Crime in the favelas is again afaik a very local thing. I’ve had lunch

This is pretty wild and an exaggeration. You’ll get robbed if you’re not a local, sure. Crime in the favelas is again afaik a very local thing. I’ve had lunch and dinner in restaurants in favelas and I know there’s a favela in Rio where people go for night life. Ofc I am Brazilian and have family there. A lot of these favelas the gang that controls them holds the peace. As a gringo you’d get robbed immediately sure, but for locals? The favelas are not some insane dystopian nightmare for many people who live in them. They’re just poor places, shanty towns.