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My name is Marie and my husband, daughter, and I currently live in Paranaque. We recently moved to the Philippines from the U.S. My husband has severe COPD and this Manila smog is not treating him well. He grew up in Dumaguete and we are thinking the air there is much cleaner than here, and may settle there. We are planning a visit to Dumaguete in the next month. Can anyone give me some insight as to the air quality there compared to here in Metro Manila, and I believe, tell me if I am wrong, the climate is cooler there? Thank you very much and I look forward to being a part of this group.
Marie

 

Air quality here is very much better than Manila. In a statement from rense.com

World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Environment Program (Unep) studies show that Metro Manila's air shed is one of the five dirtiest and most polluted in the world, topped only by the metropolitan areas of Mexico City, Shanghai and New Delhi.

Air Pollution - Killing Us Softly And Quietly

 

Thanks for that article, Richard, very interesting and I believe every word of it!!

 

If your husband has problems w/ air quality, you don't wanna be in DC during rush hour, otherwise you won't have much problems.

 

rush hours.....is that normal rush hour times?? Like 7-10 a.m. and 3-6 p.m.?

 

you might consider outlying areas like valencia, dauin or amlan and areas in between. he grew up here? welcome to the group.

 

Thanks, we were actually considering Valencia, and my husband says Dauin would be okay, but he says Amlan might be too far. Yes, he grew up in Bais and moved to the U.S. in the 70's. Thanks for the suggestions!!