Conclusiones de un amigo después de visitar Brasil.

Well after spending 10 weels in Joao Pessoa, PB Brazil. I now realize that I do not want to live anywhere but in the USA
 
Brazil is too expensive and too dangerous to live there.
 
Everything that is simple tp do here takes hours or weeks there.
 
I could never afford to drive nor would I want to at my age
 
Just to go to the Bank means standing in line for an hour or more and sometimes 2 lines to wait in
 
I can go to my bank and open a checking or saving account and get a debit card in less than one hour
 
It can take weeks to get a debit card at a bank in Brazil
 
Many businesses will not accept credit cards
 
If you want to pay a utility bill you have to use cash and go to a special bill paying company
 
so
 
first you go to the bank and wait in line to get money from an ATM,  then you go to a bill paying company to pay the bill
 
I just go online and pay my bills 
A 5 dollar McDonalds hamburger costs 10 dollars in Brazil
 
My electricity bill at my apartment was $40.00 which is 3 times the cost in the USA
 
I read the charges and the cost per KWH of electricity is double of the cost in my city  but  then 27% tax is added
 
making it 3x the cost of what I pay
Buildings are not insulated and windows are single pane glass so it takes more energy for cooling
 
And to my surprise there are no screens put over windows and doors to keep out the mosquitos
 
I lost about 6 of my "friends" in Joao Pessoa because I brought them clothes from the usa that they asked me for and then they did not pay me at first and it took me texting them every week asking for the money.
 
I finally got all the money owed me but I was told that I was putting money ahead of friendships
 
because
 
I had lots of money so why worry about it  I told everyone when I first arrived that money was tight because I was staying for 10 weeks not one week 
but
 
they did not believe me.
 
The world cup made rental prices double  I paid $1500/month for the apartment

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