Question

why is garbage equal to gold for them?​

Answer 1

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It is a place where about 10,000 rag pickers live. Rag picking was the means of survival for the rag pickers. According to the author, it is their daily bread, a roof over their heads, even if it is a leaking roof. Thus, it is equivalent to gold for them.