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I'm Brazilian, living in the USA for 25 yesrs now, and despite having my life pretty much established here, I'm moving back to my country by the end of this year !!! ❤❤❤
My wife and I are Brazilians and have lived in Florida for 35 years. I bought a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment. 4 minutes walk to the beach. It has a swimming pool and complete leisure area. a beautiful view of the sea. I bought it for 80 thousand dollars last year, on Praia do Morro in Guarapari. we will stop working in 4 years and live there like kings.
Guys I am a European living in Northeast Brasil and I think it’s much better but living outside example Fortaleza ( lovely mountains to live are Tiangua and Guaramiranga), the temperature is tropical but also fresh morning and night ( through the day it’s 26-30 year around ). Anywhere outside the big cities it’s very safe. Big benefit is it’s cheap…South Brasil is very expensive and the climate is not good ( very unstable and pretty cold ). I recommend people to live in the countryside of Brasil and just visit 1 time a month the beach as it gets boring and usually not that safe. South Brasil in general it’s pretty safe but they have big issues also with the floods taking an example of what happened there. Floripa sure it’s a pleasant place but I am more for year around weather so Northeast works for my family 😀 Just giving some of you guys ideas outside of this main video advice👍🏼
@AdorableUrban I agree with you. Guarapari, Espírito Santo is pretty safe and cheap. My apt is 4 minutes walking from the praia do morro. Cost me 80k (dollars), and I am paying 600 reais monthly maintenance. Guarapari has 50 beaches and mountains. So beautiful.
Fortaleza is where I live right now. In my opinion it is the hands down best place in Brazil for expats who love sunny weather and a cheap cost of living. Oh yeah, the people are nicer than in the south as well.
Ok, that sounds interesting. At what time of the day is it getting dark over there? I live in Goias, where 18:00 is the deadline all through the year. Its to early for me as am European
Brazil is so big that if you travel through several regions that are far from each other, you may have the feeling that you have traveled to another country. The northern and west of the country has more influence from indigenous peoples, in the northeast region there is more influence from African descendants and in the states of the southern region (Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul) it has more influence from European descendants, in addition, the northern half is less developed and all this reflects in the behavior of Brazilians in each region. There is a lot of cultural difference between the regions of Brazil due to many different peoples and cultures interacting and influencing each other. In the north and northeast of Brazil there is practically no winter, it's hot all year round (at the height of summer it's VERY hot). There are not 4 seasons, but rather 2 seasons: one with a lot of rain and one with little rain. In the southern half of Brazil there are 4 seasons, and in the extreme south it can be VERY cold in winter (some regions high up in the mountains can even snow a little). In the states of the southern region (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Paraná), extratropical cyclones occasionally occur on the coast and tornadoes in the extreme west. At the moment the safest state in Brazil is São Paulo, followed by Santa Catarina and Minas Gerais.
I'm Brazilian and if you think that living in Florianopolis is cheap, oh boy, you need to know about João Pessoa in the State of Paraíba in the Northeast region. Here you have everything Floripa has, except for the mountains, but the city is known for being the best state of Brazil to retire, also the beaches are very good and the water is warmer, with natural pools in the middle of the ocean. Also, the state of Paraíba is getting a lot of investiments and getting a economic boom, so now is the time to invest here. Hope i could help with theses informations.
@@timmaloney6441 Brazil is very diverse. each region is different from the other. between mountains and ocean there is something for all tastes. It's worth spending a season there. Happy, welcoming people. problem in any country. see New York, California, Chicago. just know where you are going and at what time.
@@helciocampos eu fique no Brazil por seis meses so , bem longe atrais ( 1973 puxa ) e ate agora eu mi lembro a falar mais ou menos assim . mais e` certo , que os Brazileiros son muito boa gente . tudo legal , bacanna , tudo otimo viu . saudades di la .
I've been leaving and traveling a lot, but a I can say 💯 Brazil has the most complete beauties, and the energy from that country is unique and priceless 😊.
In 1975/76 I travelled around for about 5 months: Boa Vista -> Caracarai -> Rio Branco -> Rio Negro -> Manaus - Amazonas -> Belem - Rio - San Paulo -> Santos -> Itahaem Fantastic! country. and then I exit to Quito, Ecuador in Feb 1976 Thanks for sharing your experience
That is amazing, could you share your experience? I'm from brazil and I've been to 42 countries and I would love to hear your experience traveling to Brazil in 1975 and 1976. Thanks
@@luanbrites I was with 3 other friends. We crossed the river from Lethem over to Brazil. Emptiness no life there but red sand flying with the wind. A van got stranded, and we helped the driver by giving him a push start, and it started. Communication was 0 as we spoke English and knew no Portuguese. Somehow we understood each other, and he gave us a hike to Boa Vista. Upon our arrival in BV, we understood we had to pay him for the hike. We paid him and booked a sleeping room. The next morning we were raided by the immigration cops. We were clean. They gave us directions to check in Brasil immigration. We did, and we got a 3-month visa. We took a bus the same day to Caracarai. When we got there, it was almost dark, and we were trying to see if we could get a boat to take us to Manaus. We did but hadn't enough money to pay the captain. We gave the little cash we had and some personal valuables, upon which he agreed. We didn't have much contact with other Brazilians yet. The captain gave us food during the boat ride. Communication was still 0. We arrived at around 20:00 hrs in Manaus. We walked around the night searching for a place to sleep but found nothing-we were broke. All funds and valuables were already used up for the boat hike from Caracarai. It was Friday. A lot of partying there, in Manaus, folks drinking in open-air bars. A few police officers patrolling the area on foot approached us around 03:00 hrs and said, "Documentos." Looks like I am writing a book hahahahaha. To be cont'd
@@luanbrites Traveling broke is tough anywhere in the world. The locals in any country are the ones who would make your travels a little more comfortable. Brazilians helped me enormously to survive. I know absolutely nothing about tourism life in Brazil. I was living with the common and poor folks with warmth and a huge heart.
O sistema público de saúde do Brasil (SUS), que é gratuito, atende turistas estrangeiros para casos ambulatoriais (rápido atendimento) ou emergenciais para garantir a sua vida (gratuito para os estrangeiros também). Para atendimentos de casos mais prolongados ou cirurgias não emergenciais o estrangeiro tem que ser residente no Brasil e fazer o CPF (Cadastro de Pessoa Física) e talvez o RNE (Registro Nacional de Estrangeiro).
@@InMyBrz You are as delusional as one gets, I have seen you in other videos say some bull. Brazil NEVER in a million years in safer then the US. You should take that word out of your name NotDelusional, it is exactly what you are.
I know Floripa and much of Brazil but lived in Curitiba awesome country, had an opportunity to live there but was married and wife refuse to go. Life goes on I end up in France awesome!!
Curitiba is probably the best managed large Brazilian city I've visited. The winters can get a little chilly due to being about 3000ft in elevation however summer nights tend to be more tolerable then sea level.
Florianópolis its not a cheap city at least for us Brazilians, but the public health system in the south its better than rest of country, for you guys that have dollars could be a cheap option but its not the best option in my point of view. But Santa Catarina for sure have best cities to live.
@@adventurefreaksss I'am Brazilian. It depends on whether the person is looking for a city to work or to retire, whether they prefer a big city with a lively nightlife or a smaller, quieter city, whether they prefer a beach or mountain city, whether they prefer a warmer or colder place, whether they prioritize more security than the rest or not. For each situation, the city indication changes. Joinville is the largest city (604 thousand inhabitants) in the state of Santa Catarina and is industrialized, but it's very hot in the summer. Florianópolis (capital - 516 thousand inhabitants) can become hell in the high summer season, as it's crowded with tourists and with complicated traffic, making it more difficult to enter and leave the island. Blumenau is the third largest city in the state (366 thousand inhabitants) and is influenced by German descendants. It's 55 km from the coast, at an altitude of just 21 m and is also a good city. At certain times of the year, extratropical cyclones can occur that harm coastal cities.
@@adventurefreaksss Hi, I do live in the state of Santa Catarina, and there are good options on the coast: Florianopolis, Balneario Camboriu, Itapema, Garopaba (all of them with distinct characteristics) And a little far (until 1 one-hour drive from the coast, I would say) from the coast, you can find nice and super-developed cities like Joinville, Blumenau, Pomerode, and Criciuma. There are still some other good options in the countryside and highlands that are very charming and even cheaper
Hope all is blessed. I just wanted to talk about the electricity. When you are hear, $60, that's mainly with very little use of air conditioner. I've live in Cumbuco, CE, and I have a house of about 1900sqft with 7 split AC units, and i pay between R$800 and R$1000, and I have solar panels 1000kw system. So, $140 to $175. Mind you I keep all the ac units on nonstop
There is many Beautiful States in Brasil with nice cities to live..João Pessoa, Fortataza, Aracaju, Natal all in the northeast, summer all year ❤ I found a Beautiful apartment in João Pessoa with 3 bedrooms a few blocks from the Beach for $700 per month for a year lease. Real estate in North is cheaper than the South.
@@adventurefreaksssBrazilian here living in the US for the last 20 years, in California for 14. I love my life in the US. I work in tech and make a great living. I have to go further than you on US health care. In my opinion, the healthcare system in the US is borderline criminal. The only part I find disgusting. I’m proud to soon become an US citizen but can’t say the same about our healthcare system. Thanks for the great video!
@@pachvandio My sister live in US also, and she told me the same about the healthcare system. It is crazy, there are people that prefer almost die before call for an ambulance
Moro em Guaratuba, uma pequena cidade no litoral sul do Brasil (estado do Paraná, a duas horas de carro de Floripa). Para você ter uma ideia: meu sogro tem um cardiologista de forma gratuita e ainda recebe parte da medicação de uma farmácia pública. Certa vez ele teve um infarto, ficou internado por dois dias em uma UTI (ICU em inglês), foi transportador de avião para um centro maior e recebeu um "stent". Tudo via sistema público e sem pagar nada. Claro, nosso sistema público de saúde (SUS) não é perfeito, mas funciona.
I'm from Brazil, I've been to 42 countries (Europe, Asia, South America and Africa), I've lived in Ireland, Thailand, Malaysia, Spain and The UK if all my experience traveling, is hard to see a country like Brazil, with good food, good people, beauty and good weather. We have our problems but is easy to avoid if you can choose where to live. I would say Brazil is a good place to live if you earn in USD, Euros or Pounds. I've lived in Florianopolis, is a nice place to be, you are doing great, thank you for being in Brazil and I hope you can have an amazing live living in my country, Brazil is a country with immigrants and all immigrants are welcome.
@@simonejaffa8675 Hope you're not car jacked or violently robbed or killed in Fortaleza NOT a real safe place, try a small town nearby Joao Pessoa is a lot safer
there is non heater in there,so well it sucks alright,even swedish guy living in floripa said that he suffers in the winter without a heater..what more people from florida,u will at least need some fire place NORDIC INVESTOR said the winter in the south sucks without heater
Im From Harrisburg PA ,Have been living in Natal Rio Grande do Nord for well over 20 years ,Best place in the world .Way cheaper than south of Brazil ,My Apt it's like 100 meters from the beach and has 3 bedrooms ,3 full bath ,2 cars garages.Pools and all 9 yards ....I paid $12k ,But that was long time ago ,Now it sells around $75k ,Me my wife and my daughter are living comfortably on $1200 a month .If someone likes more Info ? Leave a comment !
My parents moved to nYc in the 1950s and always had a house or property in Brasil. I was born in New York and now at 54 years old in 2024 I'm done living in the US permanently. This year I'm moving and I mean Never coming back.I won't be able to retire if I stay even with my house paid off finally. BLESS you all and find your paradise before it's too late 🇧🇷🙏🏼
By numbers you probably mean our SUS card which is a card that we show when we go to a public hospital. Anyone can make this card at any public health center. If you go to a public hospital without one, they will make one on the spot.
Floripa is expensive for Brazilian standards. People that want to live well work hard. Traffic is awful. And it rains a lot. Culture is not the best. We need to travel to São Paulo and Rio to get some. Nevertheless, it’s one the best places to live that I have been. Unfortunately, it has been filled with people looking for a dream, and finding a nightmare. Salaries are low. Opening a business? Competition is fierce. We only have one month for making money with summer rental: January. All the prices he gave are right. Except for the meals. Unless if you go to really cheapo restaurants. I spend at least US$10,00 in a nice per kilo. Coffee? 2 dollars. Hospitals are not that great. If you don’t have private health insurance you are not getting the exams fast you need unless you are dying. Public health is complicated. But is great. The best doctors work on the public system. And the best dentists. However, the materials they use, and the waiting list… you need health insurance. I love Floripa. My family is from here, and I live well. But as a city, there are better places in the state, and in the country: Blumenau and João Pessoa are my favorites. But if you want live well here, you need in reais, our money: 3500 for rent and condo fees, 2000 reais for groceries. That’s a 1000 US dollars. Everything else you need in life is after that. So you need at least 2000 for a decent middle class life. You can live for less? Of course. But 900 dollars is tough. Don’t bother.
you can came to brazil with friends rent a apartment for couple months and test if you like the culture the way of life, i really suggest and not only Florianopolis
only if you have income outside of Brazil, as salaries and Brazilian currency are devalued, so much so that it is not possible to pay rent and basic bills with a minimum wage.
Same thing is happening in the US. People have no savings due to living pay check to pay check and only have social security pension to depend on. Challenging times for many! Thanks for your comment!
Thanks for featuring a place a place in Brazil that isn't Rio or Salvador. Can you drink the water from the faucet in Brazil? Or do you have to use bottled water?
It all depends, I did a new construction house in a gated community and the community provide deep water-well treated water and I have it also going thru a filter entering the house, then my refrigerator has a filter so we drink the water with no problem.
In Brazil there is the "Filtro de barro" (Clay Filter), which many Brazilians use to filter tap water. It's a clay pot divided into two parts and with a filter in the middle, so many Brazilians don't even need to buy bottled water.
It’s so nice to see an American saying only good things about Brazil when the Brazilians itself don’t give a sh* about the country… I’ve been to more than 35 countries and I love Brazil. Proud to be Brazilian
I'm sure like many fans out there who are curious to know YOUR favorite or Top 3 favorite countries you want to retire in?? We all want to know if you like to share your personal favorites.
Eu olho esse tipo de vídeo de um estrangeiro que vive no Brasil fala com tanto entusiasmo e das vantagens de como as coisas são baratas... eu não me conformo como a maioria dos brasileiros não pode usufruir de tantas coisas boas que são faladas nesse vídeo... é muito injusto o nosso país ser "barato" demais para quem chega aqui com um punhado de dólares e espalha isso para outros estrangeiros, espero que mais brasileiros possam ser beneficiados não apenas por entrada de dólares na nossa economia, mas que esses dólares possam de uma certa forma atingir mais brasileiros seja por geracao direta de mais empregos e pagamento de impostos proporcional no uso dos serviços publicos... e das coisas "boas" que foram faladas nesse vídeo... pois a realidade que 80% da população não tem acesso a metade das coisas que foram faladas nesse vídeo. Do contrário as coisas continuarão inflacionadas e mais "caras" para justamente aqueles que não tem um punhado de dólares...
I was in Rio and was asked for a number in order to see a doctor. Or I could pay over 200 USD online to speak with a doctor or I could go to the hospital and see a doctor for over 200 usd.
People, this video is an advertisement for Floripa, nothing more. The premise that it is the 'best pace to live in Brazil cheap' is just not an objective truth. Floripa is as expensive, maybe more than, big city Brazil. And it gets really cold there, by tropical standards, in the winter. Floripa is a nice place to visit, at the right time of year (not in winter) and during non-holiday times. I have been there several times, both high and low seasons, and it can be a really nice pplace during either, depending on what a person is looking for. But to live there? No.
Florianópolis is a good spot of you want a more first world lifestyle ( For Brazil) near the beach with late December to early April being the best times to go. The winters aren't bad, not everyone wants year round tropical weather.
Free healthcare isn't free. It's actually way more expensive than private, and very poorly run. It's better in the souther states. Just try going to the North/northeast and having this "amazing free healthcare experience" and tell me later what you think. If you have a life threatening emergency, you better off visiting a church.
Floripa is a decent city. Pretty good beaches. Not super hot in the summer, but a little cold in winter. Like most places in brazil theres a decent amount of homeless people. Also i think its the gay city of brazil
If you compare 99% of the countries OF COURSE they are cheaper . But living in this countries you realize is not cheap at all . Brazil was never a cheap country and never paradise !!! I am here 21 years , trust me i know . Even i am in top 3 % of earners in Brazil according to “ classes social statistics “ i dont feel rich .
UNFORTUNATELY for us earning in Reais, EVERYTHING is VERY VERY expensive, from supermarket stuff to electricity to gas and clothes and all the rest. Bless are you who earn in dollars!
Floripa is expensive , choked with traffic and full of toxic politics. The North East is much cheaper , more fun with a greater diversity of beautiful people , better quicker international flight options especially to Europe. - Fortaleza, Recife , Salvador ... all better choices.
I'm just guessing but I imagine Health Care is 'free' Only if you are a Citizen of Brazil , With all the proper documents .Thank you so much for this detailed interview .
Based on what Thor shared, you would be covered if something were to happen while visiting but yes mainly for residents and citizens. Thank you for viewing!
Actually, no. According to our constitution, everyone has the right to health care, regardless of nationally, origin etc. An American tourist fell sick in Brazil. He couldn't travel back home because he was in the hospital. It turned out he had a brain tumor and he went through surgery and had the tumor removed all for free.
O sistema público de saúde do Brasil (SUS), que é gratuito, atende turistas estrangeiros para casos ambulatoriais (rápido atendimento) ou emergenciais para garantir a sua vida (gratuito para os estrangeiros também). Para atendimentos de casos mais prolongados ou cirurgias não emergenciais o estrangeiro tem que ser residente no Brasil e fazer o CPF (Cadastro de Pessoa Física) e talvez o RNE (Registro Nacional de Estrangeiro).
it's interesting to learn about the cost of living around the world and especially as from residents rather than those of a tourist when we visit don't know anywhere that has "stayed the same" since 2020 would still prefer to live off the land, going back to basics and near a coast experiencing the flora and fauna and being at one with nature any day rather than caught up in commercially bought and sold concrete jungles with plastic people trying to out do eachother with the newest form of what's on the market we are aware it's consumerism accompanied by manufacture that has ruined our world not the climate let's hope for a better future 🙏 good luck all may you be happy in life 🌻
I LIVE in Florianopolis now (Ingleses) but have lived in the north too ; RECIFE and JOAO PESSOA I too am from Florida - Clearwater Where are living here ? Like both places for different reasons Florianopolis is the most like the USA, lot of people speak english, are friendly but a little rascist in the interior of the state. Flp has COLD BEACHES year around IF YOU live like a Brasilian you can buy a 2br condo for $25,000 usd on the island YOU are WAY OFF on the prices of real estate OFF season (April-Dec) you can rent a 1br apto furnished near the beach Canasvieiras or Ingleses for $300 usd Lived in Joao Pessoa back in 2006 but have been back there in 2022 to look for another place to buy Very limited english but the people are nice, lot more poor people. Warm beaches
@@defining.vitality for 2br 1 bath Floripa - mostly r$150,000 and up, occasionally less, 1br less , + and - More english, COLD winter weax, 43 beaches, high mountains, friendly people, more upper class, expensive restaurants- not so great, GREAT bus service -free for 65+, 800pm sunsets, long daylight JP - YES real easy, even cheaper r$110,000 and up - + and - hot, more poor people, safe, up and coming city, variety of good cheap restaurants, lot of beach activities esp down in Cabo Branco at night, north beaches - Cabedelo - amazing, EARLY sunsets 500pm all year, short sunshine days all year IF you can live like a Brasilian, costs less IF YOU are a serious swimmer, boater and beach person, go with JP, you will be bored in Floripa even tho it's a pretty place. Pretty but not usable Do you know both areas ? Have come to think keeping our apto in Floripa and flying to JP for the winter and renting till I find something perfect for us WHICH ONE do you think you'd like BETTER ?
@@defining.vitality I wrote a long reply but it disappeared ? Short version ; BOTH Floripa - normally r$150,000 and up JP - easy to buy something for r$110,000 up If you want warm weather all year and hate the cold like I do, go JP Both has plusses and minusses, are opposites in many ways South - more educated, Europeans, lots of jobs, long daylight, sunset 8:00 pm Expensive restaurants, low quality and limited variety- they love rodizio de pizza here North - less literate less educated, mostly brown people but mixed, nice and friendly tho, amazing beaches you can actually use all year round. Shorter daylight sunset 5:00 pm. Really cheap and good restaurants from churrasco r$20-40 lunch to Chinese r$18 If you're a boater, like to go swimming, love nice beaches ! I may end up short term flying to JP for the winter and renting for 6 months till I find the right apto or house to buy GO TO OLX.com.br , you can search for real estate there by state or city, need to know some PT
@@InMyBrz awesome. Im heading to Brasil next month. I also heard that Praia do Rosa is worth taking a look at. Have you been there or heard anything on it?
@@defining.vitality Don't know it but see it's on the coast about an hour south of Florianopolis, looks isolated Think is a waste of time since Floripa has 43 beaches all around the island ! You might like Praia Tambaba near JP too, it's a nude beach ! Only one I know of in the north ! You flying from ? And into where ? Good fights out of Ft Lauderdale on AZUL airlines to Recife, Sao Paulo- non stop GOL is good too, stay away from LATAM
