[bonadrag]

I live in North America and I have no desire to move back to Brazil. I've toyed with the idea of going there once a year and spend 3 months working remotely but the reality is that, at least in my hometown, the quality of life is much worse except for food. I have a really good time in the first few weeks but then issues like pollution, traffic and general culture of Brazilians starts to get me by week 4. Maybe Brazil's south is different, I've heard good things.

Cost of living where I a, in NA is def higher but I also know that my kids will get a better education overall. In fact, you have to pay a fortune in tuition fees for your kids to have a similar education to public schools here in NA.

I am not sure what is your situation but if you have more than 1 child, things start to get dicey cost-wise. I don't think there is a lot of disposable income to go around, and that's for a relative low cost of living city in Brazil like Recife. I guess if you are childless things would be different and I can see the fun times outweighing the rest. But for me it is a solid "no way".

[sammywater]

I feel the same way, after 1.5 yrs in Mexico.

Too much:

- Noise

- Lawless culture & government corruption

- Pollution & its related "who cares" culture around trash & toxic chemicals

To little:

- Infrastructure

- Education

- Respect for nature & concern for reducing the impact of pollution

- Enforcement of health & environmental regulation

That said, there are ardent environmentalists & industrious, educated people. They're just at a low concentration due to the human development itself-- it takes time for societies to develop to high levels of living standards and human achievement.