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[grahamw48]

Well of course a lot are looking to live a life they wouldn't be able to 'back home'...which could be for good or evil. Many on the run too.

I'm afraid I'm a bit standoffish with other 'kanos' in the Phils, until I've had chance to weigh them up a bit....having met so many tosspots in the past.

[Ako Si Jamie]

Lots of ex-pats here from Europe just like that.
Had no idea just how many until living here.
Thank goodness they don't live near me as I think they could become a pain.

The Philippines does seem to me to attract such folks for some reason or other

It's not just the Philippines though. The resorts in Spain and seaside towns in England seem to attract plenty of the unsavoury types too.

[jonnijon]

I avoid expats like the plague