Do people still live near/in Machu Picchu?

Question

Do people still live near/in Machu Picchu?

Answer 1

In Macchu Picchu, No one. You can't get in after 5pm, not even if you are a guest at the MP Hotel wich is on the top of the hill right next to the main entrance. Down hill is the train station, it's small and I suppose that all the workers and sellers come and go on the first and last train from the nearest towns,  one of wich could be Aguas Calientes.

Aguas Calientes is a small town 10 minutes away from MP, it was made for tourist and has many Hotels, Hostels, Restaurants and Pubs. But there's also a portion were locals live. Aguas calientes is conected to MP either by railtrack or paved road but the rest of the geography is conected only by train (that follows along side of the Urubamba river). The geography around MP consist on steep hills plagued by vegetation and separated on the bottom by rivers, so if you want to go somewere away from the train track it will be on foot (except of course MP and Aguas calientes).

Answer 2

i'm living here now but i don't get wifi so i have to come down =(