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>Are you thinking of having kids soon, and if so what are your plans for them?

We plan to start trying in a year or so. The plan is to have them in Brazil but come back to the states for public school age. She is from a good and big family and has a great support system in Rio, and also hates the healthcare system here in the states. In Brazil we can go to the doctors she likes, have more familial support, and also hire full time help for dirt cheap. I work from home so to me it doesn't matter, and my family in the states is small and has the means to visit us in Rio. As for her, she has the ability to get remote work in her field and that would be the goal.

>What's your favorite part of Rio for daily life?

Walking everywhere and just having a more active culture is nice. I just got back from a month there and averaged like 15k-20k steps per day, here in San Diego I do like 3k because you have to drive everywhere. The restaurant scene in Rio is great from the botecos, all the way up to Michelin star restaurants like Oro. Not to mention all the fruit/smoothie places. Love drinking coconut water and eating fresh tropical fruits, and just the style of life there. The other great thing of daily live in Rio is that for less than $1k per month I can have a full time live-in servant that cooks, cleans, does whatever I say. That's pretty hard to beat.

>How long did it take for her to get US citizenship?

We did the K1 fiance visa to go to the states so she had permanent residency from the start. Green card took about a year and a half or 2 years from there, and then once she had the green card for 3 years she could apply for citizenship, which took like 6 months to get a decision. 5-7 years for citizenship is probably a safe bet.

Do you speak Portuguese? If you plan to move there definitely get fluent, as your experience will be vastly different.

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