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The homeless situation sounds very similar to Los Angeles or San Francisco, some areas are very scary even in daytime. I don't think most homeless are inherently dangerous, but if they are on drugs or have untreated mental illness, then their behavior is more unpredictable. Really a pity that the situation is so out of control in some places.

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São Paulo is actually the safest capital in Brazil and one of the safest cities in the country. Crime rates are actually lower than Los Angeles, the main problem is the difference between perceived danger and actual danger. Perceived danger is based in preconceptions about people, homeless are criminals, shifty looking people will kidnap you, drug addicts will kill you for blow. There's no evidence that any of those things are common occurances in the city,and cases regarding tourists are even rarer, if anything the real dangerous parts of the city are far from where you were - mostly in the outskirts, where gangs are still common. Also, your tour guide seem to only made it worse. I actually had a full on shoot, with professional cameras and lighting right in the middle of Sé and the worst thing that ever happened was homeless people asking for some change.

São Paulo and Califórnia are very much alike, both are the richest states of their country and most populous as well with virtually the same number of people state wide (São Paulo city is the capital of São Paulo state). I used to live in San Francisco and would work in L.A. sometimes and the homeless situation is nearly the same as São Paulo.

thank you so much for your advice for safety! I will go there soon and will beware. Thanks again!

Heyyyy!!! If you're still in São Paulo, try to check Ipiranga Museum. The place is pure art itself, but the amount of art there is amazing. You'll love, I promess. Besides the homeless problem, São Paulo is one of the safest cities around South América, once those homeless aren't really dangerous or violent. They're just there solving cross words puzzles, as you said 😅

Amazing views very beautiful awesome nice video

Amazing video!!!!

Hi Aliki, actually Sao Paulo Centro is safe during the day. At night it is a different thing.

As someone who has lived in several major cities. Homelessness is an issue in all big cities not just Sao Paulo. They don’t harm anyone.

A lovely vlog Aliki - well done.

eu gostei do seu video, voce falou sua experiencia e foi sincera; admiro que voce tenha falado de forma livre e sincera sua opiniao; realmente esse problema no centro de São Paulo precisa mudar.

Great in-depth video. I'm glad I came across your video. We are planning a trip there, actually a cruise that leaves out of Santos. We were planning to stay two nights in Sao Paulo so we only have one full day there. We are planning to book a tour with a tour guide because we don't want to wonder around the city by ourselves. It looks like downtown is the most dangerous area according to what you said. We will stay at the two area you recommended. Other than downtown, is it safe to use your phone to take pictures of things?

One correction about places to see the view of the huge city frm above: the best view is very inexpensive, some 3 or 4 dollars and with that you also can visit some art and historic exhibitions: it's the Santander Tower in the old downtown (that downtown area is safe!). In the basement there is a very unusual and interesting bar inside the big old bank safe!

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Not gonna say it's safe, for sure it is not, but it's not as dangerous as some people will say. Source: lived in Sao Paulo living in the city center for many years.

Hello, be welcome in Brazil and when you come back to Brazil, get to know other cities in Brazil, an ex: is the South which contains Curitiba in the state of Paraná, Florianópolis in Santa Catarina and Porto Alegre in Rio Grande do Sul... hope you like it and come back always lady

Note to myself, do not leave wherever I stay at the entire time. Im in Sao Paulo in July :D

Talking about homeless, you must visiti Los Angeles, San Francisco and problaby many other places.

Sorry about your experience. The situation in downtown São Paulo is indeed very dire. There are some areas closer Consolação that are going through somewhat of a gentrification process, but the areas close to Sé, are very dangerous and the homelessness is intense. I would definitely not recommend anyone staying overnight in downtown, better to stay close to Paulista, Oscar Freire or Pinheiros or Vila Madalena, as you said. Unfortunately, despite all the historical importance, São Paulo differs from most cities that it's dangerous / run down area is the city centre. A lot of other neighbourhoods are relatively safe though.

The problem was staying in downtown for the first days.. Everyone in São Paulo knowns about downtown problem, and we usually don't go there if we don't really need, and you stayed there... But this happens with spefic areas, not all the city, in fact almost all other areas of the city are safest, São Paulo is safer than New York (I'm talking about real rankings), so you should not be so much worried about safety everywhere in the city, as I said there are just some spots and unfortunately you stayed exactly in the wrong one, and this ruined your safety feeling everywhere in the city, just because you unfortunately started in the worst zone.. Oh, and our "Eiffel tower" is not in the Old City Center, we really don't see the Old City Center as our "Best place to visit " São Paulo is a business and Entertainment city, so our "Eiffel tower" might be "Ponte espraiada"(symbol of the city), "MASP"(Main Museum), "Faria Lima"(Financial district), "Vila Mariana"(Bohemian district), Jardins(Rich residential District) and goes on... We don't have ONE "Eiffel tower" the main thing that represents the city as I said is Our Bridge, if you search for "São Paulo" you constantly see the bridge, because is one of the most important symbols of the city, but each neighborhood of São Paulo represents something, and unfortunately you stayed first in the only one(district) that represents Fear, Dirty, Abandon, Shame...

São Paulo is a fantastic place and it's true at the moment the centre is a place not to visit unfortunately if you are foreigner and might bump into some sketchy individuals. That is due to years of socialist progressive administrations that allowed the support of drugs addicts to get social income from government, to consume and stay locally with their drugs consumption, and that only created much more social desarrays. Hopefully elections in October will change the local government and allow a more restricted and low tolerance order to be put in place and control better the situation, and bring back the glow and blizz Sao Paulo offers. If you are in Br longer, definitely visit south of Brazil, there's so much more for you to visit and enjoy.

I don’t think that São Paulo as a whole is dangerous. The downtown areas where you went and saw the homeless people, some on drugs, is indeed dangerous, but you took this experience in that area to presume it was the same in the entire city, that is one of the biggest in the world. There are other neighbourhoods where you would feel really safe, at least I do when I go there.

*Good video, really the historic center of São Paulo is very beautiful and at the same time very dangerous, the region is abandoned by the city hall unfortunately, but just be careful that something serious will hardly happen there, there are several other good regions of the city for you to know yet, you've only been to Paulista, Liberdade and Vila Madalena yet. You need to go to Jardins neighborhood, Itaim bibi, Brooklin, Pinheiros, Consolação, Villa-Lobos park and several other places 🤩🇧🇷*

Too bad you got a bad impression of São Paulo based on the experience of the city center, a place that doesn't even represent 5% of the grandeur of this city, there are so many other amazing places that are worth knowing a hug 🤗

If phone snatching us rhe worst then it's safer then most American cities. Ar least you don't have to worry about getting shot

You were probably in a safe area. Being from a city with a lot of crime, you have little ear from homeless camps and those people. The crime generally happens from those who are not homeless. Don't be fearful - it's just your perception.

You really exaggerated in the safety question! It's not as bad as you described! The homeless in downtown are not aggressive at all! There are only 2 areas that are dangerous: the square where the big cathedral is, but there is lots of police around and the drug addicts area where you stayed, the Cracolandia. Excuse me for saying so but you were very stupid to stay in a hotel at precisely the worst area! Incredible! The crime rates in São Paulo are the lowest among Brazilian big cities!

Muito triste ver minha cidade deteriorada. Faz muito tempo que eu não vou ao Centro. Fico triste com a situação dos turistas que não conseguem se sentir bem por aqui.

A única diferença dos moradores de rua dos Estados Unidos para os do Brasil é que lá eles falam inglês, eles não faz mal a ninguém quem rouba celular no centro da cidade são crianças com bicicleta

Is it Brazil dangerous for tourists??

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Downtown São Paulo is dangerous.. it is actually the worst neghboorhood to stay.... If u had stayed in jardins, vila madalena or Bela Vista u would definetely have had a different experience

Esses prédios do centro de são Paulo são horríveis kkk não sei como deixaram construir isso kk

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You are confusing poverty and unequality with violence, this is a colonial mind for sure. 😢