São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro Compared

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Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the two largest cities in Brazil: São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. #geography #brazil #rio #sãopaulo #riodejaneiro

Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music: "Sunshine Samba" by Chris Haugen.

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Rio de Janeiro, aka just Rio, and São Paulo often called SP

The two largest cities in Brazil. Heck, with a metropolitan area population of 21.3 million people, São Paulo is the largest Portuguese speaking city in the world, the second largest city in the entire Southern Hemisphere and 12th largest in the world overall. It’s actually part of an even bigger São Paulo Macrometropolis, which has about 31.5 million people. Geez. Rio de Janeiro, with a metropolitan area population of 13 million people, is the fourth largest city in the Southern Hemisphere and 37th largest city in the world.

About 437 km, or 272 miles apart, or a five and a half hour drive by car, the Brazilian government recently postponed plans to build a $9 billion high speed rail line connecting the two cities that would reduce the trip to just 80 minutes because it would cost...you know…$9 billion.

Don’t be fooled...even though they seem to be hiding down there in the southeast corner of Brazil, both are megacities that dominate the economy and culture of the entire country. Both are near the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Ok, well Rio is right on the coast, and SP is about an hour from it.

Rio de Janeiro is the capital city of the state of Rio de Janeiro. Well hey what a coincidence because São Paulo is the capital city of the state of São Paulo.

Citizens in Rio are often called Cariocas, while citizens of São Paulo are often called Paulistanos or Paulistanas.

Both cities are located in the rugged area known as the Brazilian Highlands, an area filled with cliffs, large hills, and mountains. Both are near the Serra do Mar, a system of mountain ranges that go along the coast.

[iammrbeat]

So which is better? São Paulo or Rio de Janeiro? Which world cities should I cover next?
Where are all my Brazilian viewers at?

[mathieuleader]

Brazil has biggest community of Japanese people outside of Japan

[narata]

I always wanted to visit South America, especially Brazil! Thanks for another awesome video. Now to practice my Portuguese. Olá!

[renan.almeidah]

As a Brazilian, your video is awesome to show our country!

[matheussantanna]

I'm a carioca and you have explained very well some details, but you've missed one important issue between the two cities. This is the "cookie fight": Biscoito vs Bolacha

[Luiz]

*How to get rich in YouTube:*
Step 1: Insert "Brazil" on your title.
Step 2: Watch the money flow in.

Btw I'm Brazilian and really enjoyed the video. Keep it up <3

[woolof]

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Brasileiro: As a brazilian I am very grateful... blablabla

[marcelogoncalvesdocouto]

Fun fact: Sao Paulo and Rio are so influent that basically all Brazilian media services come from there ( major TV networks, shows, music etc). Because of that, most of the cultural content in Brazil is produced in the Sao Paulo and Rio accents, which make these accents the closest of a "standard Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation" that we have. That also means that almost everyone in the country knows SP/Rio slangs and expressions while many people from SP and Rio may not know much about other Brazilian regional slangs

[paulguidry]

Compare Georgia the US state and Georgia the country

[mLevyks]

São Paulo isn't the 2º largest city in the south hemisphere, is the 1º one

[ThiagoGlady]

Porque é tão legal ouvir um gringo falando do lugar onde você mora?

[matheuspenteado]

Speaking of Bossa Nova (9:25), João Gilberto, who was one of the inventors of that style, passed away on July 6th, 2019.

[Carol-vqtg]

About the night life:
I'm from Sao Paulo and when I was in Rio I had to order room service because I left the hotel at 9 to have dinner and there were no restaurants open! When I said something about it to a restaurant worker who was closing the place for the night, he said "are you paulistana?"

[waedidmyhandlechange]

🗼 Tokyo vs Osaka ⛩

OR OR OR

Tokyo vs Seoul

:D

[excelisfun]

Awesome video as always, Mr. Beat!!!! The echo really helps and makes it fun : )

[Benjiefrenzy]

So....when will the Vancouver and Seattle episode come out?

[phsChelsea]

I really liked the video. It's really nice to see the city that I love compared to Rio, which is such an amazing place too.
But seriously, you featured the worst images and angles of SP. Specially in the beginning... SP is FAR from perfect but we do have lots of nice neighborhood and streets, I havent seen any in the video, sadly. It's almost like showing Paris but only the slums parts.
Great video, though. You were really accurate on this one. Cheers!

[shruggzdastr-facedclown]

Would it be a fair comparison to conclude that Sao Paulo is like Brazil's NYC; while Rio is like their L.A./Hollywood?

[tuliomoraesdesales]

Hey, I am brazilian and I really enjoyed this episode. I have a suggestion about an episode: talking about Brasília And Washington D.C, the Federal Districts built to be their countries' capitals. or, maybe, a video about the difference between the capitals of South American countries.

[raissact]

The cost of living in Rio is more expensive than São Paulo. And São Paulo has more job opportunities than Rio. Besides that, everything was very accurate! Great video!