This is a security blog, and I rarely go off-topic here, as I maintain an "other stuff blog" too. However, I wrote the stuff below to someone who is in Sao Paulo (Brazil, for those who failed in Geography and are not aware of an almost 20 million people city in South America) and asked about what to do in the city. As this is the "English" blog I think it may be more useful to this audience that the audience of the other blog, so, here it is.[About the fences and electrified wires around fancy houses] You see, when you start to think that all those fences, armed guards and armored cars are something normal, you're definitely not in the right place! Not only that, but you'll notice that's too much traffic, too much noise and too much dirty. Having said that, I don't know a better place in the world to eat!Sao Paulo has three areas that can be compared to Toronto Bay Street. There is the "old" one, Avenida Paulista, that is maybe the most known landscape of the city. But most of the big companies now are in two new areas close to the Pinheiros river, Avenida Faria Lima (the "fancy part of the city") and Avenida Berrini (mostly technology companies, Microsoft, HP, etc). There is a new cable sustained bridge ("ponte estaiada") at this region that is the newest landmark of the city.I really love the
About Sao Paulo
About Sao Paulo
About Sao Paulo
This is a security blog, and I rarely go off-topic here, as I maintain an "other stuff blog" too. However, I wrote the stuff below to someone who is in Sao Paulo (Brazil, for those who failed in Geography and are not aware of an almost 20 million people city in South America) and asked about what to do in the city. As this is the "English" blog I think it may be more useful to this audience that the audience of the other blog, so, here it is.[About the fences and electrified wires around fancy houses] You see, when you start to think that all those fences, armed guards and armored cars are something normal, you're definitely not in the right place! Not only that, but you'll notice that's too much traffic, too much noise and too much dirty. Having said that, I don't know a better place in the world to eat!Sao Paulo has three areas that can be compared to Toronto Bay Street. There is the "old" one, Avenida Paulista, that is maybe the most known landscape of the city. But most of the big companies now are in two new areas close to the Pinheiros river, Avenida Faria Lima (the "fancy part of the city") and Avenida Berrini (mostly technology companies, Microsoft, HP, etc). There is a new cable sustained bridge ("ponte estaiada") at this region that is the newest landmark of the city.I really love the