I wouldn't walk in any city rio sized at night. Anyhow my point is those are not rotten slums, there relatively descent housing..
Have you ever traveled outside of Canada?
You said judging by the cars they're not that bad. I've been to places like this and even the poorest fuckers have cars, flat screen tvs, and carry blackberrys. The point of the pic is to show the contrast in income not how shitty the slum looks.