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The Curmudgeon on “Hygientrification” ©

Opinion, by Michael Royster

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon confesses: he has been to Singapore, and he liked it. The Curmudgeon thinks that Hizzoner, aka DuDu, Lord Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, must have been there too, and liked it. Hizzoner’s decided to try to make Rio over, into a form of Singapore. And the Curmudgeon likes that, except for one small detail.

There are multiple similarities. Singapore is a densely populated city-state, even as Rio de Janeiro is a densely populated city formerly a state (Guanabara). Singapore has been ranked as the greenest city in Asia . . .

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