Diversity

One of the things that I could never experience in my hometown, Natal, would be diversity. I mean, Brazil is pretty much a diverse country, but it's a different type of diversity. It's something related to just being different people with the same culture and pretty much the same actions.

Vancouver is such a culturally diverse city in terms of both different kinds of people and different kinds of cultures. And some people would think that makes the city lose its own identity as a canadian city. But actually, that is the identity of Vancouver. What I like most about it is the fact that it doesn't matter where you come from, they'll still have a place for you here.

The city has an amazing ability of adapting itself to all these different people and cultures that live here. It seems like it is the same relationship that happens in nature. There are different kinds of plants and animals, but that does not seem to be a problem. They can just live together without any problems.

I'm not that naive to think that Vancouver is a perfect place. I would never say that. No place in the world is perfect. Anywhere you go there are problems, there's poverty, there's dishonesty, there's drugs, there's just anything. But the fact that the city can have all that and still be an awesome city really makes people feel comfortable the way things work here.