Those words were enough for me! Every country has its problems... Sure ours may be more exposed, but this doesn't define us. It's changing, though. I have seen a lot of visitors from other countries lately, and that's really something, specially in São Paulo.
And yes, I am! <3
May I ask which Brazilian bands you like? I would love to hear it!
And São Paulo is a great place. Sure, there's a lot of other states here that's better than São Paulo in that sense... Beauty. But we have something unique, something only people living here will ever be able to understand it. Something it takes more than a fast visit to notice it.
You have to take a bus, get lost, drink a cold Brahma (beer) at some weekend while eating our feijoada at a cold afternoon, then leave for a party at 1 of AM and be sure you WILL be there before it starts, chat with the taxi driver during the trip, notice how beautiful the streets is at midnight and then party all the night until 5 of AM and getting on that lonely bus while watching the new day dawn. Sounds tiring? It is, but it's that feeling you'll only have here, it's a great one. And our Carnaval is simply the best, if you consider to do all the things I've said before in that carnaval night! That's why I love São Paulo. Rio de Janeiro is great, Rio Grande do Sul (though both Rio and São Paulo have a more "brazilian" feeling), Fernando de Noronha too... But none of them were that appealing as São Paulo to me. And I'm not being a "regionalist"... It's really that awesome for me.
And wow... Big VM! Sorry! =/