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Things seems to be getting worse in Rio. I hope in the long run the olympics are a net positive.

Seems like they have a plan for security.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/magazine/does-hosting-the-...

> "(During the Games) the army, the navy, everyone is going to be here," Paes said. "Fortunately the state will not be responsible for security during that period."

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Has there been a recent example of the olympics being a net positive in the long run? Russia and London were total disaster economically. I don't know about the other ones. Maybe Beijing.

I had no idea London was an economic disaster. Any links?

I know the final cost ended up being several billion over the planned budget. Now, maybe they made up the difference in terms of tourism and stuff like that.

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