Quote: (07-11-2014 09:58 AM)Tough lucky Luke Wrote:
Myself, I still haven't found the perfect second or third-tier city to live in, in the Phils... Somewhere with good air, no traffic jams, a nice walkable city-center, and sunny beaches closeby...? Any idea?
Perhaps Bacolod? I don't have first-hand knowledge, but it is in a safe area of the country, and looks compact and orderly on Google Earth. Has an airport, Starbucks, malls, call centers (something of an IT/call center hub so not totally impoverished). Not too remote from the rest of the country either.
Some other 2nd/3rd tier cities that would be worth investigating are Iloilo, General Santos and Cagayan de Oro. The first is considered quite safe, near Bacolod and Cebu, the others possibly for the more adventurous in darkest Mindanao. All have populations over half a million and have beaches nearby.
If you are happy with smaller cities than those, or towns, there must be a hundred more waiting to be discovered.
Dr Johnson rumbles with the RawGod. And lives to regret it.