As per the small handful of photos included in the blog. Recent Sao Paulo photos on Flickr would suggest otherwise. http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=S%C3%A3o+Paulo&s=rec

São Paulo is one of the ugliest cities ever created by man. Being a Stalinesque ghost town is a huge step up from what they were before.

(and you only thought it looked like a ghost town because the pictures didn't include people in them)