while the city's character is open and welcomes external influences in all fields, rio does not feel a great need to seek much outside its own culture - perhaps one of the reasons why english is not widely spoken in rio.  

a survey published by forbe s magazine found rio de janeiro to be the happiest city in the world.

reades interested in researching more about carioca culture, can access the study 'o rio de janeiro e a sua orla: história, projetos e identidade carioca' (rio de janeiro and its coast - history, projects, and carioca identity) by verena andreatta, maria pace chiavari, and helena rego.