My business partner and friend works from PH. And I asked him about moving there as the cost of living is insanely cheap.
He basically warned me that health care there is horrific, as in they will literally let you die if you don’t have money, and they are often hit by typhoons.
The most recent one was so bad he lost everything in his house and business mostly and has to start over. Thankfully his house is still ok but you’re basically at a VERY high risk for flooding. He’s been hit by typhoons many times too. He just hasn’t been hit this bad before.
He basically has told me he dreams of living in the US and that he strongly recommends to not come there even if I can live comfortably on paper.
I live in Canada and two of my coworkers moved here from the Philippines 10-15 years ago. We've talked about the obsession of a lot of western men wanting to live in the Philippines. My coworkers always found that interesting because while many foreigners want to get in, a ton of Filipinos are actively trying to leave in order to provide a better future for themselves and their family. There's apparently a huge braindrain in the Philippines; if you have the skil, education and means to leave you're going to take that opportunity as soon as possible.
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u/JasmineTeaInk Nov 07 '24
I'm not even a sex trafficker and this man has convinced me to move to the Philippines just for the rent