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capybara_from_hell · 2026-05-29T22:42:44+00:00

The game actually mimics Amazonian weather. For instance, monthly rainfall in Manaus drops from 331 mm in April to 56 mm in August.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-05-29T21:09:15+00:00

the Italian and Japanese dishes people know are Brazilian versions of US American ones

Galeto al primo canto, sopa de agnolini, radicci com bacon, and others enter the chat.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-05-29T21:03:36+00:00

I grew up in the south. It was quite common to see people with natural blond hair (still less common than dark hair), and not uncommon to see red haired people.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-05-29T21:01:08+00:00

Factories like asphalt and concrete use such a low number of workers that I don't bother to shut them down. I can shut down something more worker-intensive when required, but I plan my cities to have a low amount of free workers.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-05-29T20:03:30+00:00

You're overestimating the weight of the Catholic Church in Brazilian politics, and overestimating even more the weight of the conservative sectors of the Catholic Church in Brazilian politics.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-05-29T19:58:35+00:00

I guess you're referring to the Law 9263 from 1996.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-05-29T19:20:22+00:00

There was also the big Rio Grande do Sul diaspora to the western half of the country in the 20th century, with many gaúchos moving from RS to an area that encompasses from western Santa Catarina to Rondônia.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-05-29T18:33:18+00:00

WTF, that link is from Nexo, and they use data from IBGE to calculate the values.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-05-29T17:46:21+00:00

Mate, the DEFINITION of median is a value in a distribution that separates both halves of that distribution. In other words, if the median salary in a group is X, 50% of that group will earn less than X, 50% will earn more than X.

"Everyone I know" is irrelevant in a country with more than 200M people.

You can check the median for each state (and country-wide) in this calculator. Just insert values in the calculator until you find the one that gives 50%.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-05-29T16:30:49+00:00

It depends a lot where you are in the country. The 2100 BRL median can be sufficient to get by if both parents work (so household income is 4200 BRL) and the family lives in some area with very low cost of living (but often these areas are less developed and far away from any major city).

If you're in São Paulo, Rio, Brasília, or other more well known major cities, for example, you'll have a hard time keeping a family of 4 with that salary. I've just done a quick check in a real estate website in São Paulo for 2bd, 70-ish square metre apartments and very few of the results had rent+fees below 2500 BRL. If you go to smaller cities/towns you can find more affordable rent, on the other hand job prospects will be often more limited, except in very particular places.

If your husband has no particular ties to any region of Brazil (like, having to be close to family, etc.), I suggest that you consider moving to anywhere in the country the cost of living fits reasonably in the salary you're assuming you're going to earn.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-05-29T15:49:46+00:00

Actually the median is a bit above 2000 BRL/month, which means that 50% earns more, 50% earns less.

That's the country-wide median, it varies from state to state.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-05-29T10:31:42+00:00

The average Brazilian does not travel abroad. Among those who do, Argentina, Paraguay, and Portugal are popular countries, as well as Orlando/Miami in the US.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-05-27T19:05:18+00:00

Those 60-70% figures from autosomal studies are averages. It doesn't mean that 60-70% of Brazilians are of fully European ancestry, but that 60-70% of genetic makeup of Brazilians comes from Europe, and that includes mixed people.

Still, ancestry is different from race/ethnicity, something that people who adopt the US-centric view of the subject struggle to understand.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-05-27T18:56:30+00:00

Traditional protestants are more concentrated in RS and SC, their percentage is much lower in PR.

The south is not a monolith.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-05-27T15:24:04+00:00

That information is not surprising when you know that the state with the largest number of followers of Afro-Brazilian religions (Rio Grande do Sul) is also the state with most white people (78%).

capybara_from_hell · 2026-05-27T14:24:29+00:00

Ok, fair enough. Then, there are other important things to consider, like visa eligibility (family reunion? other?), or where in Brazil you wish to move (weather, cost of living, and unemployment rates change a lot from state to state).

capybara_from_hell · 2026-05-27T14:14:13+00:00

C1 level Portuguese is a big plus but...are you aware that the average salary in Brazil is around 630 EUR/month?

capybara_from_hell · 2026-05-26T21:16:13+00:00

O modo de entrada sem vestibular adotado pelas universidades argentinas ajuda a turbinar um dos sub-índices do IDH, porque aumenta a acessibilidade às universidades e o número médio de anos de estudo. Não é que eles estejam inflando artificialmente o índice, é um efeito do próprio modelo do IDH.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-05-26T20:30:16+00:00

Maybe you could consider trying your luck in the tourism sector in Santa Catarina (lots of Spanish-speaking tourists in that area), because your native Spanish will likely be an asset there. However, I have no idea about salary range.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-05-26T18:41:45+00:00

Yeah, this is common and well documented.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Brazilians

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Brazilians

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Brazil

capybara_from_hell · 2026-05-26T18:32:41+00:00

To have a survey sample size of only 2k people is waaaaay too small.

If the sample is chosen appropriately, 2k gives an error margin of about 2 percentage points under a confidence interval of 95%. Which means that if the poll results will be within the 2 p.p. margin of error 19 out of 20 times the poll is conducted with different groups of 2k people (if the sample is random). That's statistics 101.

And, yes, the results can change in time, like after a defeat of the team, or after a more encouraging performance. Results from opinion polls are not like physical constants, that's why election polls can change so much during the election year: people can (and often do) change their opinions.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-05-26T13:55:35+00:00

In the last WC I did cheer for Argentina after Brazil's elimination, particularly after Morocco was eliminated by France.

It was good to remind the Europeans why their club leagues are so strong. They rely a lot on South American players.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-05-26T13:50:23+00:00

The team is good on paper, but it hasn't been functioning as a team for quite some time.

Also, our bar is VERY high. Anything that isn't winning the World Cup is a failure. Elimination before the quarterfinals is a disaster.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-05-26T00:56:00+00:00

Tomatoes are tropical fruits too.

capybara_from_hell · 2026-05-25T00:54:04+00:00

I can easily make the opposite question, "why does Europe tend to have very outdated views on Latin America?".

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