There are indeed specialized districts in the centro for specialized products, a neighborhood for motorcyles, a neighborhood for tech, a neighborhood for oriental stuff, a neighborhood for perfume manufacturing, a neighborhood for packaging, a neighborhood for professional restaurant gear, a building for cheap wholesale counterfeiting, a neighborhood for smoking crack with thousands of othrr users, k sections of various kneighborhoods for kgetting transvestite kprostitutes, etc. K
Overall most of sao paulo is a web of somewhat self-contained microcosms. And what you find in each neighborhood is determined by the mixture and manner of demographics that frequent the place. The overlaps of these demographics makes for infinite novelty. I spent 10 years in the city and it blew by me faster than I wish it had. It is beyond a mere cyberpunk aesthetic. The vibe is unnamed.
Ive walked, biked, skated, and used public transportation through about 60-80% of the city and surrounding metropolitan area.
I left a few months ago to pursue a quiet life of naturalist adventures along the coast, but Sao Paulo was the absolute best choice for a person like me to have spent his 20s.
The version that I remember is this one
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/De...
but I'm sure there are other versions sending the same message!
> everything is concentrated to a district
I've also noticed this in São Paulo, Brazil, which reportedly has about 60 streets with particular kinds of specialized retail.
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruas_de_com%C3%A9rcio_especial...
(I remember visiting the commercial kitchen supply street because I wanted to bake some cupcakes, and cupcake tins were considered a specialist item. I also feel like I once wandered into a street that specialized in plastic flowers—I guess probably R. Cantareira, which also seems to do a lot of other plastic stuff, or part of the nearby R. 25 de Março?)
> food was great though
The best I've ever eaten anywhere in the world, I think!