... developed because there was an airport
> , you can't blame people that expanded the city there when land became scarce.
I mean you act like property and space are confusing concepts. You moved there because of convenience and value; imparted partially because of the presence of an airport.
> are you gonna blame all those hundreds of thousands of people?
If you sell Widgets and 100k people buy that widget voluntarily, technically yes, you can "blame" those 100k people for buying that widget. Conversely it is unlikely those 100k are going to blame the Widgets for ruining their lives because they know exactly what they are buying when they bought it.
You moved into the area in full knowledge of what to expect.
In many ways this is a perfect example of entitlement.
It's not like you have an option if you want to live close to your office in the south zone (where most of the tech companies are located at)...
Just look at a map[0] and check how many neighbourhoods surround the airport, it's unsustainable, it was place on the outskirts of a much, much smaller city at the time, it needs to be moved. The city in 1936 was nowhere close to the current size, Brazil urbanised rapidly only after the 50s-60s, you can't blame people that expanded the city there when land became scarce.
Just look at the map on street view to see how densely populated this area is nowadays, are you gonna blame all those hundreds of thousands of people?
[0] https://www.google.com/maps/place/Congonhas-S%C3%A3o+Paulo+A...