residents of the favelas are proud and protective of their land and tend to have strong views about what makes their city unique and wonderful, and what specific attributes could be improved upon - people may have grown up or lived in favelas, or at least have families and friends who did, so their emotional connection tends to be personal as well as conceptual.

cariocas are very open to new ideas and opinions - culturally, syncretism has played an important part in the development of many aspects of rio de janeiro - this said, certain topics are not a welcome topic of conversation or discussion.