The Challenges of Living in Brazil 

Thanks, moving to Brazil for me was the best thing I did. It was still a stressful experience though but worth it

Hi, you are right about the media being very sensationalist about crime. Thanks for your comment 👍

​@@nordicinvestor , yes, and if you want to have a better idea of what I mean, they love to show for example "wars" between drug lords in poor communities (favelas) in Rio de Janeiro. But there are some more pacified favelas where even Europeans, Americans etc. live! Take a look at this recent video in English made by a German tourist in "Favela do Vidigal". He was told that around 20% of people living there are foreigners and almost at the end appears a French woman who has lived there for 8 years, talking about media exaggerations. Search for the video by this title: "Is this really Rio de Janeiro's safest favela? Visiting Vidigal and Dois Irmãos".

@Mihagi Houston , where are your statistics? It's just visible. There is not a so big "favela" like Rocinha in Rio de Janeiro in the South, for example. Salvador and Rio were Capitals of Brazil and the Portuguese brought many more slaves to these cities and around. Until today there are more uniqualities because the black population was left behind during much time and the abolition was only 135 years ago. Without good education yet, many people don't find better paid jobs exactly because there are still many ones available for works that don"t require good education.

@Mihagi Houston , observe that in countries were there was not slavery like Canada or the Nordic countries and also a not so big immigration of poor people, the differences between salaries of all professions are small, because everybody always had to do everything. People here don't imagine a person who collects garbage living next to a doctor as in these countries because they earn almost the same there. But here in Brazil the differences in wages can be very big. After the abolition there were millions of people and descendants available for hard works and that didn't require good education, who accepted anything to survive. Until today there are many people available for these works, including white people without good education and poor immigrants from other countries. That's why the regions were there was a bigger slavery and migration/ immigration have more poor communities etc.

Thanks for the insight, I also found Sao Paulo generally very safe.

You are a clown. Only the bandits have guns in Brazil.

SP western side favela Jardim Macedonia btw I hope your Brazilian weapon is legal @@incognitofla592

​@@incognitofla592São Paulo is a dangerous city. This guy is being stupid to think he is safe there. The only safe places in Brazil are expensive closed gate "condomínios" or the rural areas.

@@gdc4736 No, he's not stupid. Read his full comment. I've lived in São Paulo, too, and I can say: IF DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU LIVE. As well as many different factors.

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Glad you liked it!

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Very true!

Very true, some big cities have all the cabling underground but unfortunately not where I live.

Hi, glad that you liked my video. You can contact me on twitter @Nordicinvestor2

I'm sure you're comment is interesting but it's nonsensical in it's present form. Please edit it and include punctuation.

You raised a good point about the problems of getting correct information from certain officials.

Hi, I'm glad that you liked my video. You can send me a message on twitter @Nordicinvestor2

Thanks!

Failure.

You are right that the blackouts do not happen that often

@@nordicinvestor If it happens once a year, that's a lot. In my city, it's been about 6 years since there's been a power outage like that, it's really rare!

Just like every where in the world. 😅

@@eddiesantos4978 you wrong, 🇺🇸 , and many others we don’t need bulletproof 🙏

@@carlosteixeira6109 After living in Brazil and the USA, I can say that it is pretty much the same. The reason is that in Brazil, common things like clothes are RIDICULOUSLY expensive, however, you have many public services like healthcare and public transportation and better worker's benefits than in the USA. Meanwhile, in the USA, clothes are cheap, but housing and healthcare are INSANELY expensive. I had a baby in Brazil for FREE! I'm having our second child here in the USA, and the healthcare system sucks in terms of price! So yeah.....both sides are hard.

Hi, I took lots of things with me to Brazil in a container. There are certain rules you have to follow in order to avoid paying import tax. I used an international moving company which did everything for me.

@rosalialagamba8683 : the cost of all new furniture and kitchen items is *probably* cheaper than shipping via shipping container. Mailing things to your new Brazilian residence is waaaaaaaay expensive. One medium children’s book I sent pra meu amigo e os meninos dele, cost me $30 US dollars.$30 to $send ONEenvelope, and I chose the slowest and cheapest option. Assessment of your belongings: I don’t think customs officers randomize or take samples: it appears that they open EVERYTHING. 😳 perhaps while searching for things they *could* tax, they find nice or useful items and just take them, usually free of consequence. Keep your laptop with you in your “carry-on” bag. Before you move, go to a library and scan ALL of your important documents (driver’s license, birthcertificate, marriage or divorce paperwork (which needs an apostíle) put everything on the cloud so if you lost a thumb-drive, you could still access your documents. That opens the issue of needing a carimbô for practically everything…Using shipping containers to move all your belongings though….🤔 if you discover shipping companies that allow people to share them, por favor, conta pra mim porque eu quero mudar pro Brasil também 😂

Yes I do now but it was difficult and took a long time to learn.

True, most countries face this challenge

No, it isn’t. Rio is much much worse. I am Brazilian and now living in US, my mom and I got our car shot at while driving back home and I never ever experienced that in America. I also don’t have to worry about what I wear and if I use my iPhone 12 out in the middle of streets.

@@JujuGurgel that can happen in places in the USA, too. Believe it or not. Brazil is no different from anywhere else. Big cities=more crime, violence, etc.

@@JujuGurgel but I do apologize that you had such a traumatic experience! I lived in Brazil for almost 10 years, including big cities like São Paulo and Rio. It's unfortunate that in places like that, violence is more common. I do miss Brazil, though. And it isn't all like that. It's a good and beautiful country.

60k crime related deaths per year here in Brazil, my friend. Think about that. Oh! That is the "official" statistic. The problem is if you trust gov to give you the right numbers.

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Very true

Wait until you move to Brazil

Good point, I will try to talk less with my hands

​@@nordicinvestorwhat? No, it's all right.

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