Medellin is a fascinating city and over the years had leadership that really cared about how to most effectively help throe citizens and not being afraid to mak

Medellin is a fascinating city and over the years had leadership that really cared about how to most effectively help throe citizens and not being afraid to make radical chandes and big investments. E. G. They build the metro cable essentially a "ski lift" public transport system up the steep slopes of the hills surrounding the city. It's a great example how to transform communities by giving people access to transport and thus economic opportunities (the metro cable changed a 2h walk to the metro station at the base of the valley into a 15min gondola ride). It wrestled the slums from the control of the gangs and massively reduced crime in the areas.