Living condition in the Philippines?

Question

Whats the general living condition in the philippines? like the housing, education, health, food/water?

Answer 1

same as other poor countries in the world

Answer 2

garbage,mosquitoes,roaches,houseflies,co... policemen and politicians are the things that makes this country great.

Answer 3

Princess N, Philippines is not the worlds worst country, but i can say you have a worst attitude and self that even the animals don't like to smell. You stinky beyotch!

Philippines is not that great but i can say not all countries are great!

Answer 4

hi. im irwin and im from the philippines.

the general living condition here in my country is good. That I can assure you.



Philippines is a third world country striving hard to lessen, if not to eradicate poverty. Our government is working hard to achieve this goal. Housing in the Philippines is good. You can find the cheapest house for about $80 per month, that is in the suburban areas or in high-end manila (first class cities) from $200-$400. Food is not that expensive as compared to other sutheast asian countries. Although the gasoline price is indeed soaring, all commodities follow. Its expected because like other countries, we are oil dependent. Eating in an ordinary carinderia, complete with drinks (soda or water), viand, rice and fruit (banana usually) would cost you at most $2 (thats Php 86.00 in the current exchange of $1=Php43). By the way, you still have change for that!  Or if you're classy and can afford, you can have your meal regularly in a fastfood chain, where it will cost you around $2-$3 or classy restaurant for $5-$10. With regards water, its very safe here. Water here in the philippines is potable. You can buy of course mineral water or treated water. Health is fair ( I swear!) because all of our nurses and doctors, or should i say medical practitioners in general are leaving the country for greener pasture. Education is excellent. We have a lot of foreigners here in country studying in diffreent colleges and universities. As of my reading, we have almost 3000 koreans enrolled in different universities and colleges in the country. Israeli, lebanese, japanese, taiwanese, indonesians, thai, malaysians, pakistani, nigerians etc. opted to study here as well.

Thus, what i can say only is that Philippines has a good living condition as compared to other asian countries. hope you'll find this helpful. If you have any question im glad to answer it. [e-mail]

Answer 5

I haven't been to that country for almost 20 years and I don't intend to go there.  The living conditions of Filipinos are h**l-ish according to published news reports.  The moment you land, you could smell the thick stench of garbage that seems to envelope the whole Manila.  It's BAD there.

Answer 6

This answer would be completely dependent upon one thing:

MONEY.

If you have money (ie: enough to live a lower to upper middle class life in the U.S.), then lifestyle is great b/c everything is so cheap and affordable to you. (maids, cheap foods at your disposal, a/c, cars, clothing, etc.)

But for the other 2/3 of the countrymen, life sucks. Living conditions are pretty bad, with Manila being the worst. Provinces are a bit better, I think, but you have to really live off the land.  

Answer 7

Come on Princess N. Give the country a chance. I'm not filipino and I come from a very clean and green country. But I do not despise Philippines at all. As the saying says - to each his own. I'm sure this applies to countries as well. You cannot compare until like this. Imagine if you are a filipino and you heard your country being despised on, you surely won't feel good. You instead do not earn any respect from us and you just depreciated yourself in our views. In short, you sucks!

Housing - Well, to me its something like what we call here as kampung. Simple but still its a home. A home is a home. The conditions may not be very good, LCD TV or big refrigerator with leather sofas around. But the simplicity makes it very nice and cosy, just any house will be. Its about the people..

To me when I'm there, its a learning experience, staying with squatters, learning their lifestyle. Its interesting.

Healthwise I think its not very good but when I was there I do not have any problem with the drinking water. Washing the vegetables and food with ground water pumped out from underground sources. But its not safe to drink the ground water though.

Education. I do not know, i didn't visit any schools there. But my girlfriend is well-educated i think. So I think education wise its not of a problem but only whether the school is good or not. I'm sure the system of education works in the Philippines.

Food. Hmmz, usually all local kinds of fishes, and live - animals. Don't usually see imported vegetables. Maybe the only markets I visited are in the provinces so I do not think they cater to much imported food there. Food usually do not give any problems to the stomach in the philippines but do be careful where you eat at. Preferbly at fast food joints and proper food courts. I usually do not eat at road side stalls if possible as I'm sure the hygiene is not that great. At filipino homes, their hygiene is good and its not like us chinese who use chopsticks for everything. They do use serving spoons to serve the food.

Overall, I think Philippines is a great country to learn the culture and living ways of the local people takes a long time. But Its interesting to me. Nevermind the poor standard of living. Every country has a poor standard of living before its becomes a good standard of living.

Work hard Philippines.

Mabuhay!  

Answer 8

Depends on how much a family makes in a week that will effect their whole way of living. But on the level its not as bad as people make it out to be. But at the same time there are lots of poor people. In the bigger cities there are some parts where you forget that its a 3rd World country but filipinos are richer in many other ways like their outlook on life and their upbeatness about them. Even though some don't have much most can still smile at their situation however good or bad it is because they know how hard it is to survive and they are truely greatfull for everyday they are given. Most westerners forget that.