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When my sister went to a backpack trip.visiting lots of countries in Europe ( she visited England, Holland, and lots of countries.between.there and Croatia, Hun

by speeder 12y ago

When my sister went to a backpack trip.visiting lots of countries in Europe ( she visited England, Holland, and lots of countries.between.there and Croatia, Hungary, etc...) she was surprised.about how much everything was.cheaper than Brazil, government efficiency is always impressive, the more efficient your government is, the lower the prices compared to other countries,.nevermind.comparing to your own income ( ie: despite Europe having lower prices.than Brazil, salaries, even after all taxes, are much, much higher )

icebraining 12y ago
That sounds off. What kind of prices? Brazil has high import taxes, so stuff like iPhones will be much more expensive, but I frankly don't believe that "everything" is cheaper in the UK or Netherlands. Numbeo corroborates this: http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Netherlands&country2=Brazil&city1=Rotterdam&city2=Rio+De+Janeiro http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?coun...
- rglullis 12y ago
  It's more complicated than OP says, but not too far off. In big cities like São Paulo or Rio, the prices of services have skyrocketed in the past 5 years or so. The only thing that can be considered cheap in Brazil currently is electricity, and that is only if we compare with Europe. And this is due only to most of Brazil having a tropical climate, which eliminates the need for residential heating. If you go for groceries, and you see that staple food hasn't increased much, but meat/poultry/fish has gone up in prices due to local producers increasing their prices to match the exporters - so now a kilo of decent beef steaks is around R$35 (~US$15,50), when it could be had for R$10 in 2008. Entertainment is expensive: movie tickets for US$15. Paul McCartney played in São Paulo a few years back and the cheapest tickets were going for US$300. Nightclubs all have a cover charge of at least US$30. A bus ride from São Paulo to Rio (which is equivalent to Boston-NYC) costs +/- US$30. Any passable restaurant will cost at least US$35/person. I went to visit my parents last year, we went out for a nice pizza place by the beach - R$75 each pizza. Taking a look at these things, if you are a Brazilian tourist visiting any European/North American city, most of the things you will see are not related to basic cost of living - mostly entertainment and general shopping - and these are indeed cheaper compared to Brazil.

by speeder 12y ago

icebraining 12y ago

That sounds off. What kind of prices? Brazil has high import taxes, so stuff like iPhones will be much more expensive, but I frankly don't believe that "everything" is cheaper in the UK or Netherlands. Numbeo corroborates this: http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Netherlands&country2=Brazil&city1=Rotterdam&city2=Rio+De+Janeiro http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?coun...

rglullis 12y ago
It's more complicated than OP says, but not too far off. In big cities like São Paulo or Rio, the prices of services have skyrocketed in the past 5 years or so. The only thing that can be considered cheap in Brazil currently is electricity, and that is only if we compare with Europe. And this is due only to most of Brazil having a tropical climate, which eliminates the need for residential heating. If you go for groceries, and you see that staple food hasn't increased much, but meat/poultry/fish has gone up in prices due to local producers increasing their prices to match the exporters - so now a kilo of decent beef steaks is around R$35 (~US$15,50), when it could be had for R$10 in 2008. Entertainment is expensive: movie tickets for US$15. Paul McCartney played in São Paulo a few years back and the cheapest tickets were going for US$300. Nightclubs all have a cover charge of at least US$30. A bus ride from São Paulo to Rio (which is equivalent to Boston-NYC) costs +/- US$30. Any passable restaurant will cost at least US$35/person. I went to visit my parents last year, we went out for a nice pizza place by the beach - R$75 each pizza. Taking a look at these things, if you are a Brazilian tourist visiting any European/North American city, most of the things you will see are not related to basic cost of living - mostly entertainment and general shopping - and these are indeed cheaper compared to Brazil.