Davao -- The Only Philippines City Included In The Top 100, Davao City Placed 87Th In The List Of Fastest-Growing Cities And Urban Areas In The World.

[Okieboy]

if you are looking to retire in the philippines Davao city has it all, low prices, great weather, good people

[Dave Hounddriver]

The opening post sounded good until I did a search and found the list. I do not know the criteria to get on the list but I do know that there is not a single city on that list that I would want to retire in, with the probable exception of Davao.

[Art2ro]

IMO, Davao has been a well kept secret over the years and only the retired rich socialites, government and high rank military elitists live there with their private body guards and little private well armed army, making them the untouchable society feared by the other locals and or the NPAs and Muslim rebels in Davao! Helps to be connected and know influential people or it could be detrimental to one's health just by association! Also Davao is geographically located below the hurricane belt making Davao a desirable place to live that's beyond the clutches of mother nature, typhoons anyway! Don't know about earthquakes in Davao if any over the years or recently! It's JMHO even though I've never been to Davao! It's just my personal observations over the years from what I've heard or read in the news media! I'm sure there will be others on this forum who lives in Davao that will chime in and say otherwise or confirm my comments of my personal observations!

Edited November 14, 2011 by Art2ro

[Okieboy]

a lot of expats moving there, building gated communities one after another, one high rise condo, all apartments sold and have not started building, so they are selling another, personally i would not live in the city, but for those that like that lifestyle you have many choices, the airport is good also and they are going to have more international flights landing there i am told. I think they have overbuilt on the housing ,i see a lot of them selling as rent to own now

[FlyAway]

#5 Kabul Afghanistan looks like great potential! :)

[Markham]

I moved here from Cebu almost exactly twelve months ago and have never looked back! My wife and I are building a house on a property we own outside the city (in Ula) although we are currently renting in the city proper (Matina). There are far, far fewer foreigners here than in Cebu and one reason for that is undoubtedly the almost total absence of bikini bars. All those I come across are married and settled here but few live in guarded communities such as Royal Pines in Matina which is one of those high-end subdivisions favoured by rich Filipinos. Although Davao is south of the main Typhoon belt, it is also protected on the three sides by mountains and it's harbour is a natural shelter, being protected by Samal island. We do, however, often get heavy rains when tropical storms pass by to the north. As for seismic activity, there is a volcano that last erupted some 300 years ago west of the city and there haven't been any earthquakes here for decades. Tiger Airways recently introduced an almost daily service direct to Singapore in addition to SilkAir's Cebu-Davao-Singapore daily flights and I'm told that either Cathay Pacific or its subsidiary, DragonAir, plans to fly to Hong Kong from here, possibly commencing services in the first or second quarter of 2012. The city is definitely cleaner, less polluted, safer and far better managed than either Cebu or Manila.

[Curley]

I moved here from Cebu almost exactly twelve months ago and have never looked back! My wife and I are building a house on a property we own outside the city (in Ula) although we are currently renting in the city proper (Matina). There are far, far fewer foreigners here than in Cebu and one reason for that is undoubtedly the almost total absence of bikini bars. All those I come across are married and settled here but few live in guarded communities such as Royal Pines in Matina which is one of those high-end subdivisions favoured by rich Filipinos. Although Davao is south of the main Typhoon belt, it is also protected on the three sides by mountains and it's harbour is a natural shelter, being protected by Samal island. We do, however, often get heavy rains when tropical storms pass by to the north. As for seismic activity, there is a volcano that last erupted some 300 years ago west of the city and there haven't been any earthquakes here for decades. Tiger Airways recently introduced an almost daily service direct to Singapore in addition to SilkAir's Cebu-Davao-Singapore daily flights and I'm told that either Cathay Pacific or its subsidiary, DragonAir, plans to fly to Hong Kong from here, possibly commencing services in the first or second quarter of 2012. The city is definitely cleaner, less polluted, safer and far better managed than either Cebu or Manila.

Sounds good Markham, the Philippines is so vast geographically that I find it difficult to know where to start looking for somewhere to live. I chose Cebu as a starting point because it is a Major univbersity city and is not in the Typhoon belt and should also not be affected by Tsnamis. I've been thinking of wrting a post to get members views but that would need to be on a Philippines site rather than a Cebu site. I would also need to decide what I will do with myself in retirement.

[Jollygoodfellow]

.I've been thinking of wrting a post to get members views but that would need to be on a Philippines site rather than a Cebu site. I would also need to decide what I will do with myself in retirement.

I have to bring this up as the name of the forum which shows at the top of the page is Philippines Expat Forum which means all of the Philippines. We do have a lot of members from Cebu but this site is not limited to Cebu.Hope that clears up any misunderstanding. :3_8_14[1]:

[Curley]

.I've been thinking of wrting a post to get members views but that would need to be on a Philippines site rather than a Cebu site. I would also need to decide what I will do with myself in retirement.

I have to bring this up as the name of the forum which shows at the top of the page is Philippines Expat Forum which means all of the Philippines. We do have a lot of members from Cebu but this site is not limited to Cebu.Hope that clears up any misunderstanding. :3_8_14[1]:

I never checked the domain name..... just searched for cebu forums, had a quick scan, bookmarked it and came back later assuming it was a cebu forum. :cheers: I have had recommendations to look at Baguio and someone else mentioned somewhere else 45 mins outside Manila. I need to get my thoughts and requirements sorted.

[Art2ro]

.I've been thinking of wrting a post to get members views but that would need to be on a Philippines site rather than a Cebu site. I would also need to decide what I will do with myself in retirement.

I have to bring this up as the name of the forum which shows at the top of the page is Philippines Expat Forum which means all of the Philippines. We do have a lot of members from Cebu but this site is not limited to Cebu.Hope that clears up any misunderstanding. :thumbsup:

I never checked the domain name..... just searched for cebu forums, had a quick scan, bookmarked it and came back later assuming it was a cebu forum. :10001: I have had recommendations to look at Baguio and someone else mentioned somewhere else 45 mins outside Manila. I need to get my thoughts and requirements sorted.

What's there to sort out? Just start from Manila and work your way out from there from your list of places to see as long as you can afford the transportation, food and accommodations along the way until you find the place you decide to make permanent residence! Travel light and have easy access to your money!