Posted February 20, 200718 yr Hello everyone Porto Alegre is the capital of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, the southest state of Brazil. It's my first topic on this site, hope you enjoy the pictures :-)
February 20, 200718 yr It's LA with even more Hispanics!!! Nice colorful looking city. I like the lake in that park with the buildings in the background.
February 20, 200718 yr It's LA with even more Hispanics!!! Nice colorful looking city. I like the lake in that park with the buildings in the background. The word "Hispanics" makes my skin crawl. Latin is a better term to use. ........that's all
February 21, 200718 yr I was actually expecting a lot more towers, but this surprised me. Quite a few smaller homes and apartments in these photos. Nice!
February 21, 200718 yr nice job & welcome. i thought about visiting here, but didnt make it. reminds me of the wealthier suburban style parts of mexican cities, but not los angeles at all, despite a few familiar-to-the-usa "outer loop" style buildings. more surprising to me is that it didn't remind me of rio or sao paulo at all either -- of course they are much bigger and much different kinds of cities. btw brazilian folks are not hispanic...they are totally brazilian! its a big mix of portugese, native, & african...but not hispanic or spanish or whatev. also language-wise, down there the polite thing to do is to speak brazilian portugese or english, but definately not espanol. brazil is certainly surrounded by spanish speaking countries, but they are not that at all.
February 21, 200718 yr nice job & welcome. i thought about visiting here, but didnt make it. reminds me of the wealthier suburban style parts of mexican cities, but not los angeles at all, despite a few familiar-to-the-usa "outer loop" style buildings. more surprising to me is that it didn't remind me of rio or sao paulo at all either -- of course they are much bigger and much different kinds of cities. btw brazilian folks are not hispanic...they are totally brazilian! its a big mix of portugese, native, & african...but not hispanic or spanish or whatev. also language-wise, down there the polite thing to do is to speak brazilian portugese or english, but definately not espanol. brazil is certainly surrounded by spanish speaking countries, but they are not that at all. Thank you!
February 21, 200718 yr Thats a nice looking bus stop! Combined with a narrow street, landscaped median, and a pedestrian crossing (with safe haven)!!! Some places just have their crap together!
February 21, 200718 yr that looks nice. this looks like the burbs or a small town. Try riding public transportation in Rio or Sao Paulo..........its not cute
February 21, 200718 yr Strangely comfortable. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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