[eberfreitas]

Actually it is the opposite, it is a scream from those who don't really have a voice in the city.

Really recommend watching the documentary PIXO, you can find the full doc in YouTube with english subtitles.

[edit: suggesting the documentary]

[Carioca]

Having lived in São Paulo most of my life, I'd like to corroborate this. The groups tagging buildings generally have nothing to do with (other) crimes. The only unsettling part was the time I saw that that the wall below my 6th floor bedroom window had been tagged overnight

[carlosjobim]

> Actually it is the opposite, it is a scream from those who don't really have a voice in the city.

It is most certainly not. This romanticizing of criminals and vandals is not any kind of compassion. Who would like their neighborhood or home turned into a hell scape?

Edit: To those who downvoted my comment, go look up some pictures of how these neighborhoods look when they are all covered in tags. Ask yourself if you would want to live there? But of course it's easy to be such a benevolent and tolerant hacker, when you don't have to live it yourself...

[eberfreitas]

Well. "O buraco é mais embaixo". But by the tone of your message I can see there is no point in trying to develop this any further.

[p1necone]

Personally I pretty much always prefer to see graffiti over plain grey concrete, even when it is just simple tags.

[tiagod]

Honestly, does unsolicited ink even rank in the major issues faced by São Paulo, or any major city?