Avoid Florianopolis (Brazil), This is why.

Y ME CARGÓ EL VIDEO....😂

pffff sólo quejarse ??!!!! con esa actitud mega negativa, criticando absolutamente todo?? me quedó claro que ningun lugar en este planeta es suficiente para ti, que agotador !!!

You have always at hand a good option: move to Switzerland and be happy, wirh good food, good housing, good weather, good infrastructure, good currency, good people, good etc.....

Nice reflexion buddy, I lived in the city for 10 years, your words is quite precisely. In high season there is no big events, just local parties focused in tourists, January is the worst month here. Along 54km inside island there are great variety of restaurants, but if you live in the budget, some regions is high price, especially in high season. Some brazilians are corrupt, even not knowing what it means. Along the year you find every level of price, it depends on neighborhood where you're at. Your followers can find a local tipsbook with 50 topics in English about Florianopolis City in amazon ecommerce.

What a negative person: to go to other people cities and complaining about everything

It sounds like you’re describing my home in Austin, Texas haha. Doesn’t sound horrible, but not ideal. Especially when you’re a nomad that could choose anywhere.

I have lived in Floripa for 22 years and I tend to agree with you on almost all points. About choice of nutritious food, there's not a lack of options IMO, most buffet-style restaurants will have healthy options. You can find beans and rice (our staple food), salad, some meat (beef or poultry) on almost any restaurant.

Esse gringo não conhece a cidade, não sabe onde ir, não tem jogo de cintura. Não está interessado em FAZER amizades, quer que caiam no colo. O Uber em Florianópolis é muito bom. Morei por 29 anos em Floripa. Faz um ano que vim embora. Na verdade, o que me parece, ele está de mal com a vida e, seja onde for, não vai gostar. Recebi uma amiga em minha casa em Florianópolis, levei para todas as praias e pontos turísticos e ela odiou. A única coisa que queria, era ir a uma boate e arrumar um homem para ela. Fiz isso. Aí achou o máximo. Cada cabeça, uma sentença.

Você está mal informado! 98 por cento das cidades brasileiras são tão seguras ou mais que nos EUA ou Europa. O problema dos gringos é que vão para cidades especificas como Rio ou são Paulo.

As he walks into this beautiful place, he says everything is horrible. I think he would be miserable anywhere in the world. It's the kind of mindset that the best place is always the place you are not at.

I was in Florida a long time ago and I loved it. I wish I could move and retire there.
Does anyone know how I can get Brazilian visa to retire there?
Excellent people, food and beaches.

i noticed on Google Earth 🌎 there are TONS of rooftop pools on the highrises downtown...

Looks boring, just safe, not many peoole around, cold people would suck and cloudy, transport problems sounds nightmare

the state of Santa Catarina is the best state in Latin America without a doubt, it is home to several important companies at an international level such as WEG and BRF (owner of Sadia, Perdigão, etc.), in addition to being the center of tech startups in Brazil surpassing São Paulo. It has very beautiful colonial cities with a high HDI, large theme parks, and well-organized and clean beaches, apart from the lifestyle in contact with nature. I've already researched almost a hundred cities and all the states of Latin American countries, and none of them have this kind of combination between having a great economic potential combined with a healthy lifestyle and in contact with nature.

Florianopoles is great but people are not.. not all of them obviously.. but such a strange vibe in so lovely part of the world

Brazilian humidity & heat is really unbearable

Thanks a lot for unbiased reporting. This video will save people’s time & money

São Paulo Rio de Janeiro are better in overall terms.

I'm from Floripa, and this is a very honest review. Although I don't agree with a few things:
1. He was ripped off on Rent. Locals are ripped off too during high season. I only move during winter and I need to do a lot of research
2. Restaurants - its true that if you want to eat in a local restaurant at some touristy area you'll end up eating the same thing. Fish, oysters and shrimps. But the city itself has a plethora of restaurants for a 500k town.
3. Expansive: I agree, it is expansive as Portugal
4. Social life: it's an island, people are naturally closed. It doesn't mean we are cold. But as a local I've heard from many friends from other parts of Brazil that we are perceived as being cold and that we like to keep to our inner circles. Average time to make friends in Floripa is 2 years according to them.

Painting Europe with a broad brush on friendliness lol. Have you been to Ireland lately. Your energy attracts what you put out .

Floripa is basically a bunch of smaller neighborhoods but that behave a lot of times like different small towns, given their distance and sometimes difficult access to. Each neighborhood has its own characteristics, there are fishing, surfing, partying, relaxing neighborhoods, some of which are expensive, and others are more affordable, so you shouldn't have expectations of daily parties in a local fishing neighborhood for example.

I see a ton of people coming to Floripa looking for something specific to do (partying, nature seeking or surfing for example), but end up not doing their research and staying somewhere that doesn't correspond to what they're looking for. You wouldn't want to go partying and rent an apartment in Armação, or want to go surfing and rent a place in Jurerê, or nature seeking and rent an apartment in downtown.

However, each of these places have amazing things to do in their specific characteristics. The southern portion of the island has TONS of trails with different traits and options within them. The northern part has literally some of the best parties and nightclubs in the world, while the eastern side has beautiful and great surfing spots year round.

I'm sorry to hear your experience wasn't positive, but I'd recommend coming back after doing some research so you can enjoy those things you're looking for.

About the weather, yeah, it's unstable certain parts of the year as in you can be under amazing sunshine and 20 minutes later under torrential rain, just as pretty much any island like it. I'm writing this right now in Floripa, outside, with no clouds in sight and 29°C temperature.

Hope you come back and have a wonderful time, as this is a special place. Cheers!

Thank you

which cities in SA do you like?

Thanks

I agree with the wind,
and with how clean the city is!!
Especially compared to Curitiba!!

Other than that, $900 for an apartment
sounds like a bad research was done.
We just booked an amazing place,
just a walk from the beach in Floripa,
for an extremely amazing price
and some awesome reviews!!

Instead of walking around
making a video whining under the rain,
you should get two caipirinhas,
approach a beautiful girl
and try being a little more positive!!
No wonder you didn’t make many friends…

Oh, and don’t forget
to replace your toilet seat!!

Great vid mate. May I ask where did you rent an apartment from? Which agency?

hey fella... u said Curitiba is safe... but is not that safe.... I've been gun robbed there once, and pickpocket another time! and both I was just visiting!!! not even a resident! Keep safe!

Thanks bro you saved me a trip. I checked out the weather averages which are inline with your experiences and it’s definitely not in my taste. Much appreciated

I love this island, I spent 2 weeks in Praia Mole, It is near of Lagoa da Conceição, It is a amazing place, very bealtiful. All the days that I spent there was sunny days, but isn't cheap live there

Sounds like the perfect place for me; let me book now. When are you leaving?

oh man you don't have any idea of renting prices in Europe 950 is for a week, not a month!
I think your dislikes are my likes, no noise no party no crime that's a big plus. Why don't you rent a car?
seems like florianopolis is the Marbella in Brasil, an elite place! You are just the wrong guy for Florianopolis!

I don’t get all the hate with Florianópolis. I love this city. If ever return to live in Brazil I will live in Floripa 😍

@Patti Films: I'm not sure where you're from but 1k USD for an apartment in Switzerland? If you take the most expensive place in Brazil and compare it with the cheapest place in a forgotten village in Switzerland then it would still be hard. But try to find an apartment in canton of Zurich, Zug or Schwyz for 1k USD.. it's impossible. Maybe a room in a shared apartment. So don't spread false stories about Florianopolis being as expensive as Switzerland. In your other video from Zurich you describe how much you spend in restaurants or bars. $35 for a pizza and $7 for beer. Then you complain coconut in Florianopolis is a few bucks or coffee is $1.20 instead of $1 in Rio. How much is it in Zurich? I think last I checked it was $10-15. As a matter of fact you don't compare apples to apples. You compare the cost of bread and 2 eggs in Zurich from supermarket to a meal in restaurant in Florianopolis. How's the weather in ZRH? 3 months of summer and the rest of the year it's rainy, windy and cold, days are short. At least it's +20C every day of the year (during daytime). Can't say the same of ZRH. Then you compare the cost of the apartment in Florianopolis for which you clearly overpaid and it's $950 vs $700 you pay for.. a room in shared apartment. Why don't you compare the price of a room in a shared apartment in Florianopolis to a room in ZRH?

The beautiful thing about Brazil is that you have places for all budgets and taste . Florianopolis is about surfing, chilling, nature and safety. Rio is about parties, carnaval, sex, drugs and risking your life. I like both except the dangerous side of Rio which is Real.. If you are single go to Rio or North east of the country if you want quality time with your family go to Florianopolis. Excellent video, he stayed in a very expensive neighbourhood ( lagoa) also the busiest as it is an intersection of highways, for January he was unlucky with the weather. I'm Brazilian from Sao Paulo I hope other places in Brazil make up to you buddy. Cheers

Useful video, thanks., so if we are Europeans not interested in parties it can be ok😆, on the other hand at 950$/month I prefer Como or the French Riviera 😆

So you come to Brazil in one of the most popular regions of the country, you are literally in a paradise and just see the bad side of things? In Brazil nobody is obliged to speak English and so little Spanish. How do you want or expect people to talk to you? Regarding prices, yes, things are expensive, everything on the coast is usually more expensive and a native knows that! The only thing you did in this video instead of enjoying your trip was complaining. He paid cheaply for his meals and drinks and housing and got what he deserved in cheap service! There are places that you didn't show and that are sure to be the opposite of everything you said. Perhaps he should have prepared himself better financially to go to Florianopolis-Brazil and would have had a completely opposite view and an incredible experience! Dollar at 1 to 5 in exchange and you complaining about coffee for 1 dollar? When he goes to his country, he pays $5 at Starbucks and he even gives thanks and tips. Congratulations to the kind of person that no Brazilian really wants to see there!

Your honesty is appreciated and I get your view.
I just think you didn't get to be part of the right circle of people. The city has many colleges and lots of parties for sure as well as clubs if you're trying to spend a lot of money. But if you're into sports, MMA, surfing, skydiving, hiking and spending time in nature, thats where you'll find Floripa's real magic.
Rio and Floripa are both beach towns, period. Floripa is an island and it does not have the same infra structure as heavily tourist driven Rio. A reason that locals tend to get a little annoyed during the busy season.
The weather is what it is. Thats The southern coast. The farther down you go, the windier and colder it gets.
I hope more people watch your video because the island is already too crowded.

What’s your favourite place for solo traveling ?

We can always find more happiness in our own country and city, that's for sure. Tell me where you live, I promise I will never visit there 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🔰🔰🔰🔰

Very useful, and very HONEST, thanks a lot for this.
I´ve been considering to move to Brazil, but after checking every popular city, there´s always something I dislike about them, whether it be size, criminality, prices, rain...
I started to feel that I like much more the idea of Brazil, than Brazil itself... :D
Which one would you say it´s the most "balanced" Brazilian city?

Okay, the lack of sunshine makes it a no-go for me. I didn't leave Seattle to end up in another Seattle.

There is no video on the channel about Rio de Janeiro

Imo Florianopolis people where really really nice and easily approached. Made lots of friends in Florianopolis. Wonderful place!

This video seems particularly harsh. All of Brazil is relatively inexpensive, so what difference does 7 vs 12 reals make for a coconut? Also, he forgot to mention one of the biggest pros: the women in Florianopolis are top notch in Brazil.

isnt high price worth safety? think it is

You a fool

Thanks for your insights. I love Flóripa and I think it’s a heaven on Earth. Good to know some people have a different opinion about my favorite city.

it wasnt the owners fault. just you that is a bit heavy 💀

It seems that you were just lonely. And when someone is not content with whatever it’s hard to enjoy anywhere you are. You seem sad, you didn’t smile once. I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy such an amazing, at least that’s what it looks like, place.

Interesting video, cheers, would be better if you compared it to another city, in prices and living style, for example Rio de Janeiro