Brazzil

Jesus Fitzpatrick...If you are so miserable there why not take your ass home to Scotland where you can live the rest of your life in utter boredom, and without the energy that keeps you here, even though you always bitch about Brasil. No worry about the "bad" police in Scotland, but there sure are lots of homosexual prostitues in the parks.

Go back home you whiney bitch. If you dont like, or can't take it, leave. What is the point of staying in a country that you constantly bitch about?

Tell me if what he said is not true? tell me you need to be a Paulista to have the right to say anything bad at all about SP? what makes you think he hates SP? I think you don't know him or better SP. Fitzpratick, is the most eye opener about SP. carefully, you can see he loves SP, but is a love we all have about..this love is about the beautyfull, what could be SP or Brazil, but this is our and Fitz dream, the real SP or Brazil, is that! segregation, poor, prostitution, gangs, bad and good police, all that and more! Yes, we have the real good things around, the question is how big do you need those problems get to see it? when all loses control for sure, you gonna say what happened? And after that Fitz will be a hero? for saying everything all that segregation was there before, years before. Check how much we are so under control, if a gringo talks about Brazil, like the other article about this guy in Bahia, everyone say thanks to him agreeing was saying the true about the wonderfull Bahia, even when he comments in the f**king segregation, the poor, and s**t..and everybody still agreeing, why, he was soft, and the end he kissed our Brazilian asses. and everybody adore him for that. oh, come on! how much do you need to say it, how much is too much? Why then ask for a democracy? if we can't say nothing about it? are you afraid yet? to raise your voice? or do you like the pay from your pocket shows on Ave. Paulista? I wish we could get that much people in Brasilia to ask our governants for a better Brazil, insteady of lying to ourselfes and others, asking them to if you want to became a Brazilian, you should shut up and look to the other side!?
Ricardo Silva.

Geez...learn to write English then come back, your posting makes no sense at all. "check how much we are so under control" what the hell does that mean. Fitzpatrick is the same moron who wrote that Lula should learn English, as if it would really matter. Don't you know that this ex-pat NEVER has anything good to say about Sao Paulo. I will agree that Sao Paulo is one of the worlds armpits, but the Brasilian's that he writes about with disdain must live and work here. He has (I assume) a Scottish passport and could leave anytime he wants...so why doesn't he? Because he has found a way to make a living writting about everthing in Brasil that is bad. Have some pride you idiot."when all loses control for sure, your gonna say what happened" christ.

I really don't understand this.I read about three articles of this Fitzpatrick and all he did was tell bad things about my city and country. He's Scotish,right?
So why doesn't he just pack his things and go BACK TO HIS WONDERFULL and PERFECT COUNTRY?

There is new life coming back to the centre of Sao Paulo. The primary reason for this is the security measures that are absolute must before these become places that people with money want to hang out in. This is starting to happen in Paulista, and while you could claim that it is yet one of the most vibrant boulevards of the World, my sense is that change is coming. First have come the hotels, next will come the restaurants and shops. Unlike much of Sao Paulo, Paulist has the advntage of feeling relatively unsegragated - especially on a day like yesterday - with citizens of all walks of life. For a city like Sao Paolo to really move forward getting some sort of Centre to work is an absolute must.

CALMA,CALMA,
WHY IS EVERYONE SO JUDGEMENTAL ?
MR. FITZPATRICK IS ENTITLED TO HIS OPINION, JUST AS WE ALL ARE !
VERDADE ?
I ADMIT, HE CAN BE NEGATIVE AT TIMES,
BUT, THAT'S HIS PERCEPTION .
EU ADORO SAO PAULO . I SEE THE
GOOD & BAD, BUT I CHOOSE TO DWELL
ON THE GOOD ! BUT, THAT'S JUST ME .
I LIVE IN L.A., CA. I LOVE IT HERE
TO, BUT I ALSO AM AWARE OF THE
BAD THINGS HERE . DOES'NT BOTHER
ME AT ALL WHEN FOREINGERS SPEAK
BADLY ABOUT L.A. THAT'S THEIR
OPINION . I RESPECT THAT, BUT, I
DON'T GET UPSET ABOUT.
I FIND FITZPATRICK'S ARTICLES ABOUT
BRASIL VERY INFORMATIVE.
I WISH MORE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE
WOULD WRITE SUCH INFORMATIVE
ARTICLES ABOUT BRASIL ! GOOD OR BAD.
I LOVE READING HOW PEOPLE PERCIEVE
BRASIL !
PAZ E AMOR !!!

FITZPATRICK'S ARTICLE ABOUT SAO PAULO ARE TRUE! EVEN THOUGH HE TELLS THE TRUTH DOES NOT MEAN HE DOES NOT LIKE THE CITY. YES SAO PAULO HAS IT'S GOOD AND BAD POINTS. MY MOTHER IN LAW WAS JUST ROBBED AT GUNPOINT LAST WEEK. THAT CAN HAPPEN IN ANY CITY IN THE WORLD. GO BACK TO YOUR OWN COUNTRY - IS A TERRIBLE RESPONSE. IGNORANT RESPONSE

I disagree with fitzpatrick concerning the masp. i think it is a beautiful building. I would recomend that tourists visit the museum and make up their own minds, It´s just that i don´t see how that great building could be considered ugly. On the other hand i agree whole heartedly on fitzpatrick assertion on neimeyer. Honestly the man is overated and has hogged up many public sector building projects . Another reason why small government is a blessing. You don´t have the same architect designing everything.

When I lived in Brazil three years ago, it was easy to see why Av. Paulista was booming. It was a hell of a lot safer than the old city. Praca da Se' was so badly neglected during the renovation of the Cathedral that you could smell the urine as you came up the escalator from the Metro Station since the homeless and criminal elements had taken over the Square. Long time Paulistas were afraid to spend much time there and discouraged me from taking pictures because that would identify me a as "easy pickings."
Av. Paulista was safe, clean, and a great place to enjoy the some of the better offerings of Sao Paulo.

don't take him seriously

I just want to thank The Masp for being one of the few people to actually disagree with someone on this site in a rational manner. It would be amazing if more people could put together ration rebutals to arguements instead of using the idiotic, this guy said something negative so I am going to attack him personaly with something that has nothing to do with the article.

For me this Brazil-hater Mr. Fitzpatrick is a masochist. Only a masochit would live in a country he/she hates so much. He must still be living in Brazil because here he makes good money he would never make in his Scotland. Honestly, Brazil shouldn't be the home of s**t like him.

In my opinion, every history can be told in two differents ways. The positive and negative. I'd suggest Mr. Fitzpatrick rewrite his article in a positive and optimistic way and see how life can be beautiful, even in Sao Paulo, a city with 10 million people. You must be very depressin here or in anywhere because you can't see the beauty in places and, of course not, you can't see in side of the people.

what alot of you need to realize is that here in the UK which includes scotland, all we have every day is grey skies and rain. because we dont have enough sun we tend to be a little more depressed than the rest of the world and without effort we can easily talk of negative issues more so than the positive ones. i have recently started dating a beautiful girl from SP and she has opened my eyes to alot of things and taught me much about the place.write ups like fitzpatrick's one is welcome in my opinion as i've learnt things on this site that i have not seen on others and from an outsiders point of view negative views can be used positively. i say thanks for the insight Fitz..... who knows i may just move out there for good!!
ate logo.....Tristan ( brighton, UK )

you all seem like a nice bunch of people out there!!

Mr. Fitzpatrick,

Keep writing the truth about Brazil as we all know, even us here in America who love the Brazilian people especially those sexy women & the language & music, that Brazil is so divided... People just don't care to say the least about each other... People in Alphaville for instance living in their nice homes don't give a 'dam' so to speak about the rest of the population & I saw this & heard it from those who live their. I could go on but I think for now this would make some pf my point.

the maconha sounds good though- and the culture of non conformity.

I think u got the bads things in brazil
for u your country is the best ever ..ok then u know any byg cyties got there problems .. brazil is divided is truth .... but no 1 can resist of our culture !!! we are the most happier peoples in the world......what u say about your "UK" contry everywhere got problem...ops i love england but LONdon is not the better place to live sometimes u get depressed ...... YOU can say ALELUIA coz in britain we can have perfec thinGS........
the next time u go there dont say JUST ""baD"" coz i think u might was on holidy!
good night .....

why is always sayin bads things ....
OK
I thinK in UK how came
kids with 4 years smoking .... drunk?
why they aloud that ?

Hey

wat is this all about? i jus found this website lookin 4 stuff 4 a school project

Having lived in brasil for the better part of 10 years I can relate somewhat to the above article. I am a Yank but I also say, as the Brazilians, If you do not like it here Johnny....C-Ya in the drizzle over in Aberdeen some dismal day. Personally I LOVE the country, the people and everything else about Brasil with exception of the drivers. Even they bother me less all of the time, or since I have learned that if you can see someone’s eye color in your rear-view mirror, there is nothing like extra hard application of your brakes to get their FULL attention…and wreck the front of their car. I have been hit more times from the back than I can count...I started putting little stickers of a wrecked car on my door, like a WW11 pilot. The heavy duty pipe bumper on my truck will easily take the grill and hood out on any car on the road here. QUIT RIDING SOMEONEA TAIL....what is the hurry anyway, THIS IS BRASIL…we are not in any hurry to do anything….or is the hurry to wait in line at the bank? Anyway...it is worth that bit of entertainment to be shed of the likes of “Oh-blah-blah” in the nosey states...PARTY ON PEOPLE!...I will be hanging with ya...