This article analyses some of the new sociability arrangements that have appeared in the city of São Paulo in recent years. Such transformation has happened due to the steady changing of the metropolis's economical vocation - from a fairly traditional industrial profile to a huge commerce and service center. The detailed analysis refers to the city's southwest area, where countless transnational corporations of the advanced tertiary sector have chosen their headquarters to be, especially in the 1990's, in the same geographical area that had been occupied by low-income population. We believe the newcomers neither establish communication nor share common values. It is probable that a significant part of their links to the public space has been disrupted, as well as their connection to other kinds of population found in the metropolis.
São Paulo; Metropolis; Capitalism Globalization; Transnational Corporations; Slums; Sociability
