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I have been to Brazil both to Rio and Fortaleza and my feeling is I could live in certain parts of Brazil under certain conditions like not rely on local job market and be in specific areas. A small city in the northeast would be alright. Rio or Sao Paulo forget it.
Maybe the question is too general.
For example I would not live in just any part of Canada.
For example if I have to choose between living in White Horse or the entire middle of Canada... a major city in Brazil would seem like a more interesting option as I would rather die in the process of doing something exciting then to literally be bored to death.
Maybe the question is too general.
For example I would not live in just any part of Canada.
For example if I have to choose between living in White Horse or the entire middle of Canada... a major city in Brazil would seem like a more interesting option as I would rather die in the process of doing something exciting then to literally be bored to death.
That's a good point. Sometimes the development of a place is not enough to judge if it's better. It depends on what each person is looking for.
Example: i'd rather live in a middle-high class area of a brazilian metro than in a small town in the north of Norway. The small town has significantly better HDI, GDP per capita, is totally safe, but i just wouldn't be happy there so isolated (also the climate doesn't help).
And now i'll compare two metros, to be fairer. A brazilian metro with 0.750 HDI and high crime rate vs. a metro with 0.900 HDI and very low crime rate in Saudi Arabia. Even with these advantages i'd rather keep living here, because their laws are almost medieval.
If you are coming from a place like Louisiana where crimes rates are high and hurricanes wipe out cities... then Brazil might seen like a pretty sweet deal.
Or if you are coming from somewhere cold, or if you are coming from somewhere autocratic, or if you are coming from somewhere with a high cost of living, or if you enjoy the beach among other reasons...
You guys are right that it also depends on which cities we are looking at. Would I rather live in New York City than Sao Paulo? Hell yeah. Would I rather live in Miami than Sao Paulo? That's more debatable. Would I rather live in Buffalo, Tulsa, Kansas City, Detroit, St. Louis, Baltimore, Winnipeg, Edmonton, than in Sao Paulo? Hell no. Give me Sao Paulo anyday over Detroit or Tulsa. Even if you drop it down to cities like Belo Horizonte or Porto Alegre I would still much rather live there than Detroit
I wouldn't mind living in Sao Paulo (if I was running a business or developing a professional career) or in the small town these guys visited after visiting Sao Paulo.
I moved to Brazil from France and despite liking here i answered no. I live in São Paulo which is a city that feels less 3rd world. It has everything one can desire and i use public transportation everyday. Still if could choose i would pick Santiago Chile as i find it to be the best city to live in South America
I moved to Brazil from France and despite liking here i answered no. I live in São Paulo which is a city that feels less 3rd world. It has everything one can desire and i use public transportation everyday. Still if could choose i would pick Santiago Chile as i find it to be the best city to live in South America
That's interesting. In 1997, I moved to Santiago, Chile...and found it quite dull and boring and uninteresting, and moved to Sao Paulo for a lot more excitement, and I got exactly that.
Granted, in 2017, I am a different person, and Santiago is a different place as well...but interesting you mentioned two cities that I have a past connection with in South America.
I've lived in some places in Latin America before and didn't think it felt third world. Chile definitely doesn't feel third world, you can drink water straight from the tap and the plumbing is solid compared to the rest of Latin America. I don't if you can call it a "developed country" just yet, but it's definitely on the verge. Lima also has many neighborhoods that feel first world
I moved to Brazil from France and despite liking here i answered no. I live in São Paulo which is a city that feels less 3rd world. It has everything one can desire and i use public transportation everyday. Still if could choose i would pick Santiago Chile as i find it to be the best city to live in South America
Sure, if you want to die of boredom. Santiago works for the 50+ but give me Brazil any day above Chile.
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