tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post50953296240581263..comments2024-01-03T04:18:17.453-08:00Comments on Ahmed's Universe: "Custo Brasil" or the Absurdly High Cost of Living in BrazilAHMED LIMAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07236581389052729195noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-52792351721607659872015-04-06T10:27:24.327-07:002015-04-06T10:27:24.327-07:00It,s now april 7th 2015, robberies, as in assault,...It,s now april 7th 2015, robberies, as in assault,s have increased 88% in Niteroi, RJ. The cost of living is cruel for most of the people here. The real is tanking, the same politicians talk the same game, and BREAD AND CIRCUS`s are thriving in the land of Samba and Football. Thank God for gun control, only the criminal,s have them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-57917410465725529042014-04-28T01:24:43.737-07:002014-04-28T01:24:43.737-07:00Thanks, Marc, for your post. Your experience echoe...Thanks, Marc, for your post. Your experience echoes mine. I am carefully avoiding Brazil during the World Cup: not only is violence (both criminal and political) going to be on the rise, but prices which, as this piece showed, were already ridiculous, are going to rise even further reaching ridiculous heights. Brazil stopped being good value for money a long time ago and unless there is a dramatic fall in inflation (as likely as a snowball in the Sahara) AND a devaluation of the real, things are not going to improve.<br /><br />My advice:since you seem to be a tourist, try other places in South America such as Colombia (still a bargain, although prices are also rising). AHMED LIMAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07236581389052729195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-73962109696421502892014-04-27T11:38:52.614-07:002014-04-27T11:38:52.614-07:00Hello,
I visited Brazil in 2000 and 2002. I spent...Hello,<br /><br />I visited Brazil in 2000 and 2002. I spent each time 3 weeks in that country. It costed me the equivalent of 1500 to 2000 €.<br /><br />I came back in this country in 2010. It costed me more than 4000 € !!!<br />I am curious to know how much it would cost this year with the Soccer World Cup.<br />There are a lot of brazilian people who never traveled in their own country.<br /><br />You have Costa Verde, Pantanal, Mina Gerais, Nordeste, Chapada Diamantina ... so many beautiful places to visit. But I am afraid, it has becomed too expensive.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05721632247931077288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-2396256538604716942014-04-10T06:42:36.301-07:002014-04-10T06:42:36.301-07:00All your statements are true, as a gringo myself l...All your statements are true, as a gringo myself living here in Sao Paulo after two years I can say there is a over-expectation with several things, one of them are the so called "MBA" here in SP, cost you the same as in Scotland or the Netherland. <br />The government is between croassroads, after the copa there are two choces, either to grow or stagnation, as it is happening right now, only a fool would miss the signs.<br /><br />I do agree that Brazilians have a really poor education, to study another language is as expensive as a university and poor quality, I believe it all begins with letting the soccer drug aside and start to think about the real life problems and how to solve them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05222675616288935375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-61879197789399676622014-01-25T09:40:49.875-08:002014-01-25T09:40:49.875-08:00I've lived in Brazil since 2005. Most things h...I've lived in Brazil since 2005. Most things have doubled in price. Real estate has, at least tripled. Salaries on the other hand....<br />My caseiro (caretaker of my country home) makes R$1000 although the going rate here is closer to the minimum (about R$700 or USD $291.) and I don't have a clue how they make ends meet. They only survive because he works a full day Saturday and his wife works a few days a week in my home with that they make about 50% - 60% more. And, of course, their rent, electricity, water and satellite TV are all included.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-59947240832152835432013-11-06T15:58:24.839-08:002013-11-06T15:58:24.839-08:00I visited Brazil for the first time in 2009. Unfor...I visited Brazil for the first time in 2009. Unfortunately, what you're saying is true. At the time, a nice studio 'kitchenette' a block from the beach in Copa cost about R180,000. Now you'd be lucky to find one similar for under R500,000. Restaurants, groceries, rentals...everything's gone through the roof. I don't understand how the people living there, who make about R1500 a MONTH can survive? Something's got to give. The real estate bubble HAS to burst, and prices have to come down...along with taxes. Otherwise, they need a revolution.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04926341065111237266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-63835001590248927892013-10-02T09:08:40.095-07:002013-10-02T09:08:40.095-07:00Thanks, Arthuro. Re your two points:
1) You are a...Thanks, Arthuro. Re your two points:<br /><br />1) You are absolutely right. I have a Portuguese friend who moved to Rio a couple of decades ago and started working in a travel agency. As soon as she hit 50 she was entitled to retire. Which she did. Only to get bored after a couple of month and go straight back to work for the same company where she is likely to end up having spent as much time working BEFORE as AFTER her retirement. Of course, she can still draw both her pension and her salary.<br /><br />2) Here, some nuance is in order. I don't think that Brazilians are radically different from most humans: who wouldn't like to have an effortless, well-paid jobs? (such as elevator attendant for the government in Brasilia, drawing a R$15,000 salary!) I'd say that Paulistanos are probably more hard-working than Cariocas (but then, what is there to do in São Paulo, when in Rio you are surrounded by so much beauty? -chuckles). The real problem is more qualitative than quantitative. Even when they put in long hours, and they often do, Brazilian workers, don't produce goods or services of a markedly higher value than their counterparts in more advanced countries. That is the main issue and it has to do with training, education, organizational motivation, management style etc. AHMED LIMAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07236581389052729195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-22653177190503456012013-10-01T10:50:33.760-07:002013-10-01T10:50:33.760-07:00Interesting text. You forgot to mention a few thin...Interesting text. You forgot to mention a few things though: 1) Brazilian pension plans - most people in Brazil retire before their 60s; 2) Brazilian lifestyle: the adjectives hardworking and Brazilian are antonyms. The dream of more than half of Brazilians is to have a public job, i.e., a tenured, effortless job that allows you to go on strike whenever you want to. Arthur Carvalhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698143625820528322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-76433029124488555992013-10-01T09:43:38.197-07:002013-10-01T09:43:38.197-07:00I agree with most of your assessment, but I just f...I agree with most of your assessment, but I just found a R/T flight from CGH to SDU for US$81. US$119 wih taxes and serviço.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05514548581158660886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-42768495681760094362013-09-30T05:54:46.933-07:002013-09-30T05:54:46.933-07:00Oi Ahmed,
Eh isso ai…o tua descrição esta muito b...Oi Ahmed,<br /><br />Eh isso ai…o tua descrição esta muito boa…<br />Logo logo a coisa vai arrefecer…e os tais 50M vão para a rua…<br />Abs<br />Pedro Correia<br />Nota: Gostei especialmente da “ ..custos de primeiro mundo com a qualidade do terceiro..”<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com