Yeah, we have ghetto type areas too, here in Moscow. Biggest one used to be in and under the Cherkisov market. Underground city 'Cherkizon'. 250,000 illegals from China, Vietnam, and former Soviet Central Asia.
They sell crap that they make themselves in their basements and pass off, or try to, as real brand name product
Cherkizon was shut down a year ago. They dispersed all over the city now. They had to shut it down. Conditions down there were horrible, peopel sleeping on the floor, pissing in buckets... Even had a underground birth clinic with decades old, write-off equipment.
Hardworking people though. Since the city started hiring Kyrgyz dvorniki (street caretakers), Moscow has become surprisingly clean. Like, cleaner than many European cities. They take pride in their work, I'll give them that. Hate litterers, you go to work in the morning, maybe drop a food wrap or a paper cup, and right away you hear 'Hey, you! Why you throwing garbage? You like I come throw garbage on your workplace? Pick it up!'
lol Great encouragement.