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<blockquote data-quote="Nanotech9" data-source="post: 1148261" data-attributes="member: 676">I&#039;ve been to Sao Paulo for a week on business.&nbsp; Went to a lot of places and never felt unsafe.&nbsp; Seemed much like the 10 years i spent growing up in spain.&nbsp;&nbsp; You avoid certain areas... others, well, they look bad but its just their way of living.&nbsp;&nbsp; I stopped in one of the poorer areas in Sao Paulo to visit a friends wife&#039;s family... had to flush the toilet with a bucket of water as they had no running water in the house.&nbsp; Never had any concern about my safety.On the other hand... i probably wouldn&#039;t set foot in most parts of Chicago or LA.&nbsp;&nbsp; I wonder if the people of Brazil think america has sunken into a state of depravity when they hear all the news about our big city crime...&nbsp;&nbsp; Wait, thats right, back in the 80&#039;s the international media was already presenting the USA as a horrible place, and everyone hated daddy BUSH when he became president.&nbsp; All our neighbors told us how horrible he was and how the country was going to the crapper because he was elected.&nbsp; Of course, their views are slightly skewed by liberal media, their own socialistic government, government health care that was horrid, etc etc etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nanotech9, post: 1148261, member: 676"] I've been to Sao Paulo for a week on business. Went to a lot of places and never felt unsafe. Seemed much like the 10 years i spent growing up in spain. You avoid certain areas... others, well, they look bad but its just their way of living. I stopped in one of the poorer areas in Sao Paulo to visit a friends wife's family... had to flush the toilet with a bucket of water as they had no running water in the house. Never had any concern about my safety. On the other hand... i probably wouldn't set foot in most parts of Chicago or LA. I wonder if the people of Brazil think america has sunken into a state of depravity when they hear all the news about our big city crime... Wait, thats right, back in the 80's the international media was already presenting the USA as a horrible place, and everyone hated daddy BUSH when he became president. All our neighbors told us how horrible he was and how the country was going to the crapper because he was elected. Of course, their views are slightly skewed by liberal media, their own socialistic government, government health care that was horrid, etc etc etc. [/QUOTE]

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