3 Things You Learn When You Move Abroad

Guilherme Ribeiro | January 11, 2016

1. What You Believed Was the Norm Might Not Be Anymore

Brazil is a dangerous country. I concede it got better since I left, but make no mistake, it’s still unfortunately a place where you have to be careful.

I have been mugged twice — one of them with a pistol in my face — and many of my friends have been too. In Rio De Janeiro people tend to carry the “thief’s money,” which is a small amount of cash, kept inside a dummy wallet, to give to the assailant if you happen to get robbed.

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When I first moved to London, it took me some time to adjust. For two months, if I were in a supposedly dodgy area, I’d instinctively spread my money throughout my pockets and sometimes hide my mobile in my underwear. But nothing bad ever happened.

Europeans live in safety and they don’t know what danger really is.

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