Originally Posted by
VidaNaPraia
Friends, at a guess, would be Brazilians from the hinterlands (Fortaleza perhaps) where certain goods might not be so available, with a bit of money, but not enough (or not the inclination) to go abroad to Miami, where certainly prices for goods are much lower and many Brazilians shop in preference to any domestic city.
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Nope, American ex-pats who regularly visit the U.S.
Fortaleza is not, I agree, a particularly cosmopolitan city, but hardly the "hinterlands" (I'm picturing the Beverly Hillbillies). Now, if one goes to the interior of Ceara . . .