I have lived abroad, but decided that despite all sorts of local problems here, Brazil is my place. But, why?
Weather. I
know how a winter of minus 20o Celsius is, lived that (done that,
bought a shirt!): nice to visit, but not to live in. Where I live in
Brazil is about 300 days of sun per year, with nice and slightly hot
temperatures. There are ficus and other fruit farms at a walking
distance, I can go to the beach in the winter… or even mountains and
“enjoy” a bit of cold, all in less than a 3 hours drive. See Sergio Diniz's answer to Does Brazil have winter?
And
this is “just” the Amazon… Despite being the most known biome, there
are also many biomes here, some even richer than the Amazon in number of
species, like the Atlantic Rainforest, kind of my “extended yard”, and
the Cerrado, with over 800 plant species, see Sergio Diniz's answer to Are savannahs grasslands?
People. This
can be a big controversy, there are lot’s of contrasts. There is a lot
of criminality and corruption, sure, and the population is also to be
blamed for that. Average Brazilians are too passive to fight for
themselves, thus these issues have grown along the time. Brazilians are
sometimes too tolerant on deviations, if not supporting them by their
silence. But by knowing the country from North to South, East to West, I
learned that the great majority of the population is made of good
working people, although unfortunately mostly uneducated and frequently
abused by the local powerful ones. I still believe with some better
Education and awareness, this silent majority will make Brazil the best
country in the world someday. But I am not naive, at all: I have
travelled all around the world, met different people from all corners,
and Brazilian are personally nicer than a good portion outside there,
specially people from developed countries that trust too much on a
material life, with external politeness, but no real care for others,
differently from most Brazilians. Brazilian have an unique sense of
humor, even when challenged by imminet disgraces, see Sergio Diniz's answer to Do you think Brazilian jiu-jitsu would work on a bear?
Not even our closest ancestors, the Portuguese , can undestand that
(and then they become another source of local jokes). Brazilians prefer
to laught, rather than declaring war, and by doing that we have
conquered half of South America… see more at Sergio
Diniz's answer to With quite a few countries surrounding it, how did
such a large share of the Amazon Rainforest end up under Brazilian
jurisdiction?
No boredom, at all… Anybody can say a lot of things about Brazil, good and bad stuff. It is a place of contrasts, see Sergio Diniz's answer to What are the downsides of living in Sao Paulo, Brazil? But hardly you will hear “it is a boring place”.
For the good and the bad, no boredom. We do not suffer from developed
countries’ disease of “lack of purpose”, resulting in high suicides
rates in places like Japan and Scandinavia. No, we have a real life,
with positives and negatives (sometimes, too many negatives). I wish
life could be not as much as a roller coaster here, with more political
stability and economic growth, that certainly would help Brazil to
fulfill its destiny (see Sergio Diniz's answer to Will Brazil ever be a superpower?). But there is a local saying that sounds more or less like this “Whoever ate the meat must also gnaw the bones.”.
Who knows what the future reserves for Brazil, more meat and less
bones? I hope so… as Brazil is always the “country of the future”.