Quote Originally Posted by andy222 View Post
I don't know how you can put a figure on the true cost. Like has been said, we all have different lifestyles. For example, Terpe lives in a big city and it's much cheaper if you live in the provinces. I'm sure, for instance, Imagine could get away with living more cheaply.
Yes Andy, that's true.
Although Davao City covers a huge area and we live in a pretty small village within the greater city limits or land area.
Nevertheless, the price of most stuff here is at least twice the cost of the same stuff in my wife's home town out there in the Davao Oriental province.
For that reason we often have visiting friends and family bring different dry goods with them.
One of our friends visits quite often and brings fresh tuna and shrimp for us at silly silly low prices.
If we had followed our original plan to live out in the sticks in my wife's home town we could easily live the life of kings on P25k monthly and still afford to travel around.
Davao City is significantly cheaper than Manila.