What do expats find most challenging?
We asked expats and digital nomads what they find the most challenging about the local culture in Sao Paulo. They wrote...
"The people - in general - are not very honest... you have to watch your back in almost all transactions. Plus, the people are lazy and do not do very good work. Plus, everything takes forever... terrible bureaucracy," explained one expat living in São Paulo, Brazil.

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"The language and they are also very isolated. All the newspapers and TV talk about Brazil and Brazil, not much about the rest of the world problems," said another expat in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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