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Many of Rio's more wealthy redisents have began to move out of the city in an attempt to find ----------------------------------------------------------- This has lead to ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- more space and a safer place to live
- a population loss in central Rio , a situation normally only associated with citiesin developed countries
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the nearest available land to central Rio was
km along the coast to the south . However , due to the mountians between here and Rio extending down to the sea , the area had remained largely inaccessible and uninhabited until the 1970's .
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after the land became inhabited in the 1970's a
four lane motorway was built through tunnels under the mountian and raised on stilts over the sea . By 2000 , the new town of Barra Da Tijuca had a population of almost 140,000
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Barra Da Tijuca is the "nee Rio" . It is not a suburb but a self contained
town built alongside the coastal motorway . It has 5km of shops (the largest comples in South America) , schools , hospitals , offices and places of entertainment . It has a culture based around the beach , shopping malls , expensive restaurants and lesiure centres . The new residents live in spacious and luxury accomodation
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3/4 of their accommodation is in
10-30 storey high rise appartments . These appartments are protected by security guards and contain every possible modern amenity and gadget . The remainder of the accommodation is single and double storey detached houses
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although both adult members of the rich families usually work through choice , they oftn have to
seek high paid jobs to pay for their expensive accommodation and lifestyle
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despite each family having its own car , there is an
efficient local bus service linking the apartments , shops and leisure amenities
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However Barra already has its
own new favelas . This is because the low-paid housekeepers , cooks , cleaners and gardeners , employed by the wealthy residents , also need somewhere to live
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