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Not all of Malate is terrible but large portions of it are very desperately poor and/or totally P2P focused at every nightspot. Some guys I know like that atmosphere, because its like picking pennies off of the ground. As I've repeatedly said, the Philippines doesn't require game, but compared to Malate, there is at least a level of difficulty. The only difficulty in Malate is finding girls at night who are not pro or semipro (actually that would be a real challenge). I'd also point out that in my view, having travelled to 45 countries, where its very poor (the DR, Haiti, areas of the PI and Thailand), the bright line test between pro and regular girl starts to break down. If you're a white foreigner, they often ask for money regardless - why wouldn't they - the annual income in the PI averages less than US$400. If you give her $20 or $30, that probably is a month's rent for many girls from Malate (for her and her family).

I would mentioned that getting girls to come visit you, middle classed girls, would likely be more difficult if you stayed in Malate. Strangely, in the middle of all the KTV and other P2P stuff, there is Robinson's Malate, a decent mall that has some upper class condos on top of it. I know of some guys with some wealth that stayed there as they could day game right outside the mall, find lower class (income) girls and easily bring them right upstairs.

Tondo is not an option for tourists. Its a war zone, sub-saharan africa level poverty in many parts.