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Originally Posted by LimpAll-In
Are you in manilla? I read the best place to live is between manilla, cebu and davao
Cambodia out of the question then
After 8 years in Thai I been in Phils for 1 month and so far did mostly Manila with a short trip to Cebu.
Besides the visa thing don't see any advantage of this country over Thai. People say the girls, well, it could be, but so far been running like **** in that department, maybe I can't put up with BS as I used to and filipinas seem very flaky (at least the ones I interacted with). But hey, everyone say filipinas are 10x better than thais so I'm pretty sure is just run bad and a small sample. For sure they are less conservative and traditional and they all speak good english.
This area of Manila I'm at (BGC) feels like a tiny NYC but has no soul, almost like in the Truman Show that is just a front, you scratch a little bit and there's nothing behind. But if you want a safe, clean place where you can live like in the 1st world paying 2nd world prices (is not as cheap as other countries in the region) this could be an option.
To me it feels like living in an artificial reality so I can't wait to GTFO but I'm sure many would enjoy this if you can handle the polarization of a city where you're either in a top notch 1st world neighborhood or in the ghetto. Cebu feels like a much more livable city, if I had to come back I'd definitely go there. Also have a friend that was in Dumaguete and says it's awesome as well and much better catered for foreigners.
Ah, and you have live games here too, cash games all the time and series pretty often from what I saw so that's a plus.
Sorry for the derail but since you were asking about Phils I thought I'd give my 2 cents, I'd say any further talk about this let's do it on the PH thread.