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Originally Posted by CaliNative
I used to have a Brazilian friend at work who insisted that Fortaleza was a very nice and affordable city to move to, and had a high reputation in Brazil.
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Northeast Brazil average income is less than half of Southeast/South. They are considerably poorer than its peers southwards and much more violent.
It's a 3.7 million people metropolis, a state capital, and as such, of course has it has some nice upmarket neighbourhoods, good restaurants, etc., but even for a southern/southeastern Brazilian moving there, it would require lots of adaption, let alone from a person from W.Europe/US. Think of a person from Boston, New York or San Francisco moving to New Orleans, El Paso or Jackson.
For a developed country foreigner, thinking of big cities only, São Paulo, Curitiba, Porto Alegre and Belo Horizonte would be safer bets. Brasília is an autocentric nightmare and Rio de Janeiro has its management problems plus its laidback culture. Despite the beaches, I wouldn't recomment any big North/Northeast for living, only for tourism.
If we include the mid-sized cities, than Southern Brazil and Upstate São Paulo have plenty of 200k-1 million people cities with very good income, low violent rates and good infrastructure.