subways, elevators, lines of banks, markets, etc. The attitude of the Brazilians, in general, tends towards cordiality, even in situations that, in other cultures, are seen with strangeness. The hypothesis raised in this paper is the relative acceptance of proximity in these collective spaces by Brazilian people, provided that the limits of harassment and the friendly approximation between the individuals who share these environments are not exceeded. The methodology chosen is a interpretative one and, regarding the data, visual resources are used that characterize and corroborate the cordial behavior of the Brazilians in the collective contexts. The data are analyzed according to the criteria of Holanda (1995), DaMatta (1997), Bennett (1998), Lewis (2006) and Hofstede (2020). The observations done through the bibliographic analysis and the presented examples confirm our hypothesis that Brazilians, in general, do not feel constrained in these spaces by their physical proximity, and may even establish bonds of friendship or fellowship.