São Paulo: the vibe
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The verdict
Mixed · 62Mixed but leaning positive: commenters love the food, culture and career scene, while warning about high costs, street crime, rain, noise and bureaucracy.
- food variety
- career opportunities
- culture and nightlife
- walkability in some neighborhoods
- Vila Madalena and Itaim Bibi appeal
- high cost of living
- street robbery and insecurity
- rain and cold nights
- noise
- dated urban infrastructure
- homeless crackland area
- Great food and career options, but expensive and worrying safety-wise
- Safety fears are overstated by some, but street theft is real and common
- Commenters who live there say precautions matter, not paranoia
- Groceries and organic products cost far more than typical locals pay
- Some residents call it their favorite city over beach alternatives
Read from 8 videos, 40 comments and 0 posts on 2026-11-07; the summary is written by a language model and can misread sarcasm.
São Paulo - The Best and Worst City in Brazil!
Nordic Investor · 218K views · 2024
What viewers said
“I’m an American citizen who lived in Taboão da Serra a municipality just outside of São Paulo for two years with my wife. We’ve since moved back to the U.S., but we’re now planning our return to São Paulo to raise our first child. You reall”
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“Italian here. Just moved to são paulo 8 months ago. Loving each minute so far!”
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“I've always wanted to buy an apartment in Vila Madalena. I'm from London and I love the city of Sao Paulo.”
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“You are one of rare youtubers with interesting videos about Brasil ( mixing lot of things and facts ) keep doing good job..cheers from Croatia”
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“Regarding violence in São Paulo, here are some additional data points: the city records a high number of robberies, especially of cell phones, which increases the feeling of insecurity. However, in 2023, São Paulo had fewer homicides than N”
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“As a brazilian born and raise in Sao Paulo i can say your video is very accurate . Great job”
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“Living in SP has its great upsides, you can find great food from all over the globe in one place, it's pretty safe when compared to other big cities, a lot of career opportunities. But the cost of living is astronomical, it's a rainy, noisy”
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“Correction: it's not the city of São Paulo that has over 3 million people living in favelas; it's the state of São Paulo. The number of favela dwellers in the city is more like 1.7 million.”
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“I was passing the boundary of Crackolandia by car one winter morning after a really cold night (8-10 C) and it was honestly like being a in a real life zombie movie”
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“Interesting fact. Queen Silvia of Sweden's mother is from the interior of São Paulo state. Queen Silvia lived in São Paulo from 1947 to 1957, attended the traditional German school Colégio Visconde de Porto Seguro. The family returned to We”
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Found with a YouTube search for the city and “digital nomad”, fetched 2026-11-07; titles, descriptions and comments belong to their authors and link to the originals.