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invetedlotus123 on 12 September 2016
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Swordmasterman said:
invetedlotus123 said:

It was a fake. And the Crisis that have hitted us from 2014 til now destroyed everything we grew in the 5 years prior. Brazil economy is being dismantled. It`s sad because we can actually see the crisis happening, loads of business closing doors, loads of people that got extremely qualified for the future that was promised us are now having a hard time to find a job at a call center, people living in the street are becoming more common than we should be confortable with. 

And what is worse is while the wages are becoming lower the prices are increasing in horrenduous rates, and for basic things like food, water and electricity. Going to the supermarket is now a nightmare and many low income families are having to rationalize food so they don`t starve. Housing in any big city is also a nightmare. Renting prices went up so much that, like in my city, that a basic apartment in a middle class neighborhood price for renting is 1000 BRL per month, excluding any other house costs. 

In Rio De Janeiro things are even worse, in some neighborhoods there the price for a very basic flat can reach 2 million BRL, it`s cheaper to buy a castle in FRance than an apartment in Leblon or Barra ( Rio neighborhoods).

You know that this is the most ridiculous thing to compare the living cost of a country by taking the $ needed to live in the most expensive region of the old Imperial city. The place that only lose in price per square meter to the country's biggest city, which generates, in the state, 32% of the country's money against 12-14% that the second biggest state.

 

It is like using the price to live in the Montaigne in France as  the standart price.

 

If you want to have a castle in France and don't mind living  under a rock in the middle of nowhere, of course that it will be cheaper than purchasing a smaller house in one of the most rich  residential regions of the country. But if you want to live in  one of France's better locations, Just the rent price will be bigger than purchasing  a house of the same size on Brazil.

Yeah, but Rio is nothing but hype. That city is just a very big mess with islands of extreme wealthy. And the cariocas are the most deluded people I ever met, the city is fallen apart and they are " But this is Rio, it`s ok, let`s enjoy what`s good". And the problems is the entire city got expensive based on the hype of World Cup and Olympics, my friends that lives there says the price of everything skyrocketed for World Cup but never came down again. Quality of life there is nothing to brag about either. I wouldn't choose Rio over Brasilia anyday, Brasilia is one of the most ambitious engineer projects of the 20st century and don`t get the recognizement it deserves, it`s a shame everything that happens in Brazil is centered in Rio. I would love the Olympics to have happened in Brasilia or even Sao Paulo, it would help break the stereotype of Brazil party country.