Dentistry in Brazil is beyond excellent and in American dollars, relatively cheap. The same could be said for cosmetic surgery. The city I visited in Brazil, the thing that surprised me was the huge income disparity. The poor lived in shacks on the hillsides, while the rich lived in in fenced high rises that had bulletproof windows, or in nice gated houses. My hotel had bulletproof shades that closed at night. And I was in the nice part of the city. Things there get very very dangerous after dark. The city Julianna lives in is very similar in size, so it is entirely possible to be poor and live in a big city.
