Talk:Heliópolis

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[edit] Is it a favela? Even if it is, isn't that just a value judgement that ought to be NPOV'd

I would be understandably be upset if someone called my home city or suburb a favela because I guess this term is pretty POV. Perhaps it would be more neutral to simply state that Heliopolis is a suburb or area within the Sao Paulo metropolis? It can be pointed out later in the article that Heliopolis is considered to be a favela. I feel like it's easy to accidentally introduce POV into Wikipedia when the locals aren't editing the articles about their city. Really to define a city by it's socio-econommic level is intrinsically POV. What do you all think? — Донама 02:49, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Heliópolis is not a favela, it's a suburb. It looks like a favela, but officialy is not, because the streets are in the official map of the city. Fsolda 13:53, 1 May 2006 (UTC)