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Not that I don't agree with you... I do. But, being brazilian, the idea of walking around at any time with my iphone out makes me cringe. I love my country, and I think everyone should visit it, but just keep away your iphones and anything of value while walking about, and you'll be fine!

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I keep on walking around with my iPhone everywhere in Rio, so has my wife. Never been stolen! I use it everywhere, it's my only phone. Maybe it's because I'm a big guy, the thiefs might be afraid to steal a big guy? but what about my wife, she's tiny.

This is not how statistics work. You can't generalize from just your personal experience.

Yeah, I lived in BH - I have blonde hair, so I didn't need an iPhone to say I was a rich gringo.

My entire family has blonde hair and they are from Brazil. They're from Florianopolis though.

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