Living Abroad Vs Living In The Philippines?

[PaulCali]

Pension from US and live part time in the Philippines. Strength of the dollar gives me the freedom to live the life I want in the Philippines.

[jors1116]

Living in PH has its pros and cons, kung malaki sahod mo dito eh ok lang you can live comfortably but for others na isang kahid isang tuka or minimum mejo tagilid mas ok pa mag abroad sila.

[dexterslab2010]

I prefer to live here in the Phl since I have a stable job with a decent salary.

[Onibaba]

Pag ako nag retiro kukuha ako ng sariwang dalaga para mag alaga sa akin. Araw araw ako iinom ng gatas. 😍

[chessboxin]

Most Filipinos just look at the gross salary without factoring in the cost of living. Employment is no different from running a business. If you're able to sell an item for 100,000 but the cost is 95,000, you're worse off than someone selling an item for 10,000 but the cost is 3,000.

If it's just money, yung net savings mo sa abroad, kaya mo rin maipon dito kasi mura ang cost of living dito. Ang problema lang talaga dito, your lifestyle eventually hits a ceiling because of poor infrastructure. Someone earning 100K a month here lives a lifestyle not so far off from someone earning 2M a month. Parehong stuck sa traffic, parehong napapara ng traffic enforcer, sa parehong resto lang din kayo kumakain.

At walang variety ng chicks dito. 99% of the time you're with Pinays. So kung gusto mo makatry ng ibang lahi or ayaw mo sa culture ng pinoy, wala kang choice.

[jedimaster]

On 1/2/2025 at 8:20 AM, chessboxin said:

Someone earning 100K a month here lives a lifestyle not so far off from someone earning 2M a month. Parehong stuck sa traffic, parehong napapara ng traffic enforcer, sa parehong resto lang din kayo kumakain.

 

Daym I don't know where you got 2M a month, that's 24M a year wala pa 13th month pay.  Even American execs would have a tough time getting that.  Heck they'd be happy to get 1M or $15K a month.

Edited February 6 by jedimaster

[Juicylicious17]

Ph

[abduljackolsalsalani]

With how the Philippines is faring and with our political direction, it seems like living abroad would be the better choice.

[BossMabaet]

Here in the PH. Basically if you now your ins and outs. Also if you network well, you'll enjoy life here. Was able to build a corporation through networks alone. Will be building another business this year. I'd say living comfortably in the PH and being a tourist in those first world countries is the best setup for me.

[cranbewy]

As much as how living abroad feels more luxurios, I'd love to stay here in the PH because of its culture and its people

[alfred311]

Abroad 

[Skreth]

Abroad

[Grykes]

Abroad

[pofe123]

I have decent pay naman dito sa PH so I prefer staying here. Big fish small pond. I'm already comfortable here. Then bakasyon na lang sa ibang bansa every now and then.

[BiiZ]

If you can find a job na decent un salary na di naman magugutom family mo better stay here in Ph nalang. Being Pinoy abroad lalo na sa US/EU will never be fully accepted ng society as their own. Kahit 3rd Generation pa yan and US passport holder na. Tingin padin ng mga locals sa inyo is foreigner or immigrants. So parang di mo alam saan ka lulugar pag nag migrate sa US or EU which is for me is sad. Bakasyon nalang sa ibang bansa pag may extra budget.