From the
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Global Village Travel Guide and
DVD, "
Brazil".
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Transcript:
THIS IS BRAZIL'S "
BIG APPLE'.
SAO PAULO IS THE COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND
ECONOMIC CENTER, NOT JUST OF BRAZIL, BUT
OF ALL SOUTH
AMERICA. WITH A POPULATION
OF OVER 10 MILLION,
IT'S ACTUALLY THE THIRD
LARGEST
CITY IN THE
WORLD.! AND ITS VERY SIZE MAKES
IT AN IRRESISTABLE MAGNET DRAWING MORE AND
MORE
PEOPLE FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE EVERY
DAY.
A
SWEEP OF THIS COOL PLATEAU
CITY REVEALS SKYSCRAPERS
AND BUILDINGS FOR AS
FAR AS THE
EYE CAN SEE
......
..ALL LACED TOGETHER BY
BROAD AVENUES AND BUSY STREETS
BECAUSE OF THE FERVER TO
BUILD
NEW HIGH RISES
FEW OF THE OLDER 19TH CENTURY
BUILDINGS REMAIN.
SAO PAULO IS WHERE PEOPLE COME TO
WORK
TO '
MAKE IT" .
THE RESIDENTS
CALL THEMSELVES
"PAULISTAS," AND THEY BRING TO THE
CITY ....... AN ENERGY,
...... A
PACE, AND A RHYTHM, THAT
EVEN A NEW YORKER WOULD FIND
HARD
TO SURPASS!
PEOPLE HERE ARE DRIVEN BY A PASSION TO
CONSUME, AND THERE ARE ENOUGH
GOODS
ON
DISPLAY TO
KEEP ANYONE MOTIVATED.......
BUT THIS IS MORE THAN A CONSUMER SOCIETY.
ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE PRODUCED BY
MAN
IS PRODUCED IN SAO PAULO.
THERE ARE OVER 80,
000 FACTORIES IN SAO PAULO,
EMPLOYING OVER 2 MILLION PEOPLE AND MANUFACTURING
EVERYTHING FROM
CARS TO
PAPER AND HEAVY
MACHINERY.
AND WHEN THE PACE SLOWS --
THERE IS ALWAYS ANOTHER
CUP OF
CAFE ZIHNO TO
PICK IT
UP AGAIN.
COFFEE COMES THICK AND
RICH IN A DEMI-
TASSE CUP FILLED WITH SUGAR TO THE
HALF WAY MARK....... IN BRAZIL YOU CAN'T
GET A
LARGE COFFEE--
OR A SMALL BEER!
THERE STILL IS "AN
AWFUL
LOT OF COFFEE IN BRAZIL"
AND SAO PAULO'S
FIRST GROWTH SPURT
CAME WITH BRAZIL'S
NEXT BIG
BOOM, THE
COFFEE BOOM OF THE
LATE 1800S.
THE AVENIDA PAULISTA... THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE
WAS
ONCE LINED WITH THE MANSIONS OF
RICH COFFEE PLANTATION OWNERS.
TODAY THE ONLY MANSIONS STILL STANDING
AMONG THE GLEAMING SKYSCRAPERS
ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE FOUND A WAY TO
CONFORM TO THE MODERN WORLD!
MOST OF THE BUILDINGS ALONG THE AVENIDA TODAY
ARE AS MODERN AS ANY IN THE WORLD.
SAO PAULO IS
HOME TO SOUTH AMERICA'S
LARGEST
BANKS
AS WELL AS IT'S FINEST
HOTELS FIVE
STAR HOTELS.
SAO PAULO IS A CITY WITH AN INTERNATIONAL
FLAVOR
THE WORLD'S LARGEST JAPANESE POPULATION OUTSIDE
OF
TOKYO RESIDES HERE, AND
JAPAN TOWN IS
THEIR CULTURAL
HUB, AS WELL AS A PLACE FOR
VISITORS TO ENJOY THE FINER ASPECTS OF JAPANESE CULTURE.
THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF OTHER FOREIGN RESTAURANTS
IN SAO PAULO
AND MEALS CAN BE ORDERED IN ALMOST ANY LANGUAGE.
AND AT ANY
TIME OF THE DAY OR
NIGHT
PAULISTAS
PLAY AS HARD AS THEY WORK.
- published: 10 Aug 2011
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