🇬🇧 Advantages and disadvantages of living in brazilian capitals

Today I will share a little of my experience in living in different places, presenting positive and negative aspects of living in capitals in Brazil. In the next text I will share the advantages and disadvantages of living in the smaller cities.

Advantages of living in capitals:

• Greater variety of cultural activities.
• Greater variety of languages in language schools (not all, but, already living in Curitiba, I met a colleague from the Italian course in Uberlândia when I went there exactly ten years ago and she said she never managed to complete the course because the school could not  I didn’t have enough students for more advanced levels of the language! In addition, I’ve never heard of a Dutch or Finnish course in the small towns, although possibly some capitals don’t have it either).
• International shows. They rarely happen in the small towns.
• Film festivals that take you around the world and out of the world of Hollywood cinema. Nothing against Hollywood, but it's good to vary and see the world from different angles.
• The bigger the city, the greater the tendency to respect LGBT + people.
• In some capitals you can buy designer clothes (and I refer to those brands whose collections do not take into account what the trend bureaus say), even wear them to go to the mall and most of the time the trade will not stop for you wearing that type of clothing. Almost no one cares if you are wearing green hair with purple polka dots or a dress that resembles Lady Gaga's boldest performances, or if you are a man wearing a skirt and with black eyeshadow.
• Greater variety of internet and telephony providers.
• More university options (which does not always mean more quality. UFPR's advertising course in Curitiba was closed years ago because it was training people at a very low level).

Disadvantages of living in capitals:

• Despite all of the above advantages, natives of capital rarely enjoy most of them. I've seen free screenings of excellent films with less than ten people in the audience! This proves that the appreciation for art and certain aspects of culture is a quality of few.
• The cost of living is higher. But not much, compared to more relevant medium-sized cities. When I moved to Porto Alegre I did a calculation of how much I would spend there and the amount was just above what I would spend in Uberlândia if I paid rent. And in the first year in Porto Alegre I often ordered restaurant food. I lived in a rented room and not in an apartment just for me, but it had this bonus benefit.
• As there are a lot of people with no qualifications for anything that changes to capitals just because they can't find jobs in the small cities or maybe because in capitals the number of wealthy people is greater, crimes and violence tend to be more frequent problems in capitals. I have lost count of how many fakes profiles of luxury restaurants in São Paulo sent me messages about promotions that were scams for the simple fact that I followed the real profile of the restaurant.
• In the capitals of the south many people with high purchasing power dress so badly that it is difficult to know just by looking who has a birthplace and who doesn't. I like the idea that everyone knows their place in the world gear and dresses in a way that reflects their social position and cultural level. And this is how things work in the smaller cities where I lived. And although in some capitals there is an offer of exclusive clothing, it is not something I see when I go to the mall, a restaurant or a museum.
• The geographical area of capital tends to be larger and so we can spend more time commuting to work, concerts, etc.

Observe these points well and read the next text (register your email in the 🔔 in the sidebar and follow my profiles on the social networks that I always share in the main ones that I post here). This can help you deconstruct illusions about living in capitals or in the small towns.  If you want, buy me a coffee at ko-fi in return for the tips.

Nycka, the Nomad