From the 1930s onwards however, it would no longer be the metropolitan city life that was celebrated by inhabitants and thinkers - The great influx of inhabitants from surrounding states, and the rest of the world, led to mass transformations in the cityscape - a migration outwards from the center.

copacabana, ipanema and leblon, which had previously been conceived of as exotic beach destinations, were becoming easily accessible and highly regarded residential locations.

Beach and coastal life became the new trend, the mark of sophistication and elite leisure - And even popular immersion in beach recreations was inextricable from literature, stimulated as it was by writing and literature of the time which extolled the health and social benefits of coastal air and sea bathing.