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Originally posted by hpeak13 Oh lord, I am 29....I hope that doesn't count as another generation (Kids today...) I would just cation you against the belief that money leads to happiness (not saying that you have this) but some of your posts lead me to believe that you think this is true. And I like nice things as well, money is not bad don't get me wrong. But I know how to be happy with little and I know how to be happy with more. But it was never the amount of money that made me feel good or bad

Unless some catastrophic generation altering event happened between 1986 and 1987, it isn't a generation gap.

Unfortunately, some well-off 20somethings (including even 29year olds), depsite their "solid" backgrounds,  find the need to speak like they are bros from the hood.

You see it in Brazil too.  They walk around saying "mano," "ta ligado?", etc. etc. etc. (I'd expand the list, but I'm not 100% fluent in playboyese)


While you are 100% right, having money and either bragging about it or pretending you are too cool to care about money (usually alternating between the two) is what defines who the playboy is.  I'm not really sure what the cure is (or if there is one) but there is no use trying to convince them they aren't right.

I think the concept of love it or leave is ridiculous. This country has serious problems and non-Brazilians are entitled to complain about those issues, as we do also with the problems in our previous homes where the majority of problems are exactly the same as here but are perhaps dealt with in a more expedient way. Yelling 'if you don't like it, go back to your home country' at me when I complain about the cars parked on the pavement is pathetic and has absolutely no validity, any more than it would if a gringo came out the bathroom in a Brazilian restaurant and told the manager that there was no toilet paper in the booths. Can you imagine being told this in response; what is the difference? Making a complaint about blatant wrong-doing and expecting it to be addressed is not a cultural slur!

Edited by man of leisure - 02 September 2011 at 17:08

I never lived here on land much as am working in Oil n gas sector but overtime i decided to start something here.Made a contact in salvador and had plans to open a company here in partnership.I wanted to open a mega hair business.Just before starting the paper work my contact told me she got a loan of 2000 reals on her head and cannot start anything new until this is cleared.That was it.I was almost robbed on the island of itaparcia.I moved out of her home and went back to collect my charger which i had forget while moving out and found her smoking pot with a weird looking man.In my words am happy am out and safe.Just depends on your luck what you gonna encounter.

Hi all, I am following the website for a while, as my wife is Brazilian and we are always considering the possibility of moving to Brazil.
I have made my impressions based on the few stays, of which longest one was 5 months, other 4 and so on... I have been exposed to, as I believe, reasonably realistic picture of Brazil, having in mind that my wife's family and friends are either upper or stronger middle class, I do speak almost fluent Portuguese... I guess none or very little of us was really keen on touring favelas during the night to get the complete one...

As an European, I believe that Brazil is getting in average very good immigration (I will not count Italian terrorists, crem de la crem of worldwide thiefs etc), opposite to one we are getting here... Meaning, 100% of immigration I met in Brazil are well educated, usually recognized professionals in their fields, with high employment potential, even if it is English teacher only (or for start). In one word, people will mostly bring something good and these people have huge potential to impact the local community in a good way. I believe it can be seen in big companies where you have managers from outside blending the results and still not trying to switch Brazilians to robots.

We, on the other hand, would usually get poorly educated or ones without a lot of perspective, prone to criminal or social system abuse when realizing that things are not as shiny as they look on TV. Even though someone will say they do the jobs we do not want, I still consider it bad, as in general immigration has very little impact on overall progress and not to mention that there are serious cultural differences, again causing many bad things.

I agree with ones who claim that you shouldn't try to change Brazil. Simply because it is a waste of time - you can't combine natural beauty, excellent weather, relaxed lifestyle and general friendliness with German efficiency. There are cultures in the world, matter of fact most of European ones, that will make you feel unwelcome when you arrive, which is not case in Brazil. On the other hand, they will most probably not do everything they can to screw you up on every step ...

I guess my point is - make a research. This is the era where Google offers universal truth (I am talking symbolically, of course ) , so I believe you should make an educated decision even to go for a vacation somewhere, not to mention when you decide to live in another country / continent... And if you have money to move to Brazil, let's face it, you could move almost everywhere, having in mind the expensive real estate, enormous taxes, cars that are 4 times more expensive than anywhere else and so on... I would personally move to almost all countries I ever visited based on the feeling I had as tourist, but.. You get the point...

Fact is that some of us will see Brazil's growing economic power and want the piece of that cake for ourselves, forgetting that different rules apply.
Being REALLY adoptable is, by my opinion, key for success in Brazil, because even though there are plenty of minuses, life is just so intense and amazing, kind you will rarely find somewhere else, with all its positive and negative side...

Edited by incliner - 05 September 2011 at 07:08