He was in Manila, visiting his friend, an American Doctor I believe.
He showed a nice condo area, I cant remember the name of it, but in the facility there are condos, two bedrooms for 400,00USD and up.
It had a huge swimming pool on the ground floor, it was outside. It had a nice gym, and in the neighborhood a bank, Starbucks and nice grocery store.
It reminded me of nice places in Guatemala. Where you can walk to everywhere and its safe, not much traffic and easy to park a car or motorcycle if you want to buy one.
As the YouTube gentleman said, 400 plus utilities and food and immigration fees would be under a thousand USD per month and unlike the province you have everything you need.
It got me to thinking how much everything in the west is over priced.
He even mentioned the condo would be 50usd just to buy it, not much.
I had forgotten how much the Philippine peso has fallen during the current war. Inflation in the Philippines is about the highest in Asia right now.
Most people will not believe me but in the less nice areas you can rent gor 80 to 160 be in an ok area, close to malls, wet markets street food ect and live on 500 to 600 a month, and build up an online business and when you get a good month fly to the beaches of the province and just relax for a few days or weeks at a resort.
Of course most North Americans wont do that, although you are hearing more and more are making the move or at least thinking about it.
Similar can be done in Cambodia but its not as developed but the costs can be lower and a little easier to make the adjustments.
It takes time to make the cultural adjustments and the Philippines can be easier partly because of English and history and culture.
Sometimes im surprised more people arent doing this but think over time many will especially in Europe because governments their aren't giving people reasonable chances to prosper and live in peace.
Thats it for now.
Happy Hunting.
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