Why foreigners, in Brazil, like so much this place?
I'm Brazilian and I´ve had in contact with foreigners for years. I've never gone outside Brazil, but, as this country is very diverse, I know good and bad locals here. And almost every place I found is bad. Good things are beaches, food, natural beauty. But bad things are much bigger: rampant violence, widespread poverty, even near wealthy areas, uneasy and regressive tax system, enormous corruption, drug traffic, police brutality, outrageous politically-correct hidden racism and lots of other terrible things. Then, why foreigners like this country so much. I´ve known an austrian student in exchange program that abandoned the college to stay here one year more. Then, when his parents came here to "rescue" them, they bought an apartment in São Paulo. Another guy, from New Zealand, transferred his doctorate program to a Brazilian College to stay here. I met americans living here in a lot of places. I go to travel guides and, almost always, the comments are highly positive, without taking any count in obvious problems like crime, robbery and violence. Why do this occur?
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1 :
Maybe you see something we don't. I've never lived in Brazil, but I have been there. I would love to live there! Yes, Brazil has crime, but in the U.S.A (where I'm from) we have crime to. We have riots, we have gang fights, we have drug dealers, we have racism, etc.... Its not just Brazil. The U.S. is in a War right now, a war that has split us down the middle. One half of us want the war to stop and the other to continue. When I went to Brazil, the people were very friendly towards me. Maybe it was because I was American and maybe they where just friendly (I like to think they were just friendly). Brazil isn't the worst place in the world nor is it the best. But its better than most. And I think when you live somewhere for so long you just want to get away for a bit and see new places. Take me for instance, I love Brazil I have studied about it for a little over two years. I know about its history, its geography, it economy, etc.. I love the beautiful girls, the food, the music, the care free attitude. Its just different from America. In America we live for tomorrow and not for right now. We are so busy trying to save for our retirement that we lose track of time and over work ourselves. Now don't get me wrong I love America, and I would fight and die for this country. But to many of us don't take the time to "stop and smell the roses." As I said maybe you see something different, but when I go to Brazil I see a place that is finally coming into its own, finally becoming a Superpower, and finally being recognized by the world.
2 :
People in Brazil is very friendly, more than in other places. The problems Brazil has, other countries have too. Brazilian culture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7seWhjhxiE Brazilian list-1 of artists/songs: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhFQnHFFmon4mgneyYkaN8rty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20101013151613AA9GosL&show=7#profile-info-MCkNzrmQaa Brazilian list-2 of artists/ songs: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AsWbdVtpQdUMaXzORqsmfgHty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20101009195248AAQR5TD&show=7#profile-info-IAN5szQyaa
3 :
people in brazil are more friendly than people in the usa that's why it is so liked.
4 :
Well, maybe it's because you live there, I live in HCMC and I hate it (traffic, pollute, the people,...) and still, foreigners love it. But sometimes, when I go to the centre, where the tourists visit first, I fell in love with the city, everything seems like the best. Every country has bad points but travelers usually focus on good things and the differences that their countries don't have, I think. And when somebody travel, they usually focus on the cultural side of the place, not all the issues.
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I am gonna say this very simple I might get bad feed back for it but alot of it has to do with your women their soo beautiful and curvy to perfection, then the other part of it has to do with the beautiful beaches and landscape a country like Brasil offers, then last the price of living isn't as much as say europe or the UK or USA. I think it makes scense.
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