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dumaguete a MECCA for Expats?

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  1. JoeMabini

    JoeMabini DI Member

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    In my travels around Luzon and the Visayas, I have come to believe that Dumaguete has more ex-pats PER CAPITA than any other place I have been. I am not even counting the Koreans, Iranians, and Indians.. just light skinned western people. One trip to Robinson's will confirm that theory. I have been to The Global City - a hub of expats in Manila - enough times in the last few months to come to this conclusion as even there I did not see too many foreigners as opposed to the population. The barangay I was in in Makati had exactly 3 foreigners living in it, including myself.

    What other places have some of you been to that have an ex-pat population similar to here?
     
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    Excellent observation! Nowhere in the Philippines, that I've been to or know of, has a similar or greater ratio of expats to Filipinos!
     
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    At the immigration jail in Taguig City?
     
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    Makati Burgos Friday nights, 98% foreigners, 2% local pimps
     
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    Dane, can you share what the Angeles foreigner population per capita is compared to Dgte? When I go to Angeles, I feel like I am of the majority.
     
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    Angeles City is quite big, but tourists normally only see a tiny fraction of the city.

    Try to venture downtown and you will seea totally different picture :smile:

    But yeah if you stick to Barangay Balibago and the major malls, then the foreigner / Filipino ratio is quite high.
     
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    It's hard to determine if a foreigner in a mall is an expat or a tourist.
    If it comes to expats (permanently living in the country)Cebu has a bigger expat population included all Asians.
    If it comes to percentage to the local population - not sure.
     
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    Dumaguete has the most expats per 1000 in the PI. outnumbers Cebu Angeles or Makati by far
     
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    Why is Dumaguete a Mecca for expats? I have visited Dumaguete a couple of time, and it is a nice city, but why is it so popular with expats?
     
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    I've seen the ExPat population at least triple two fold since 2003, but I really wonder what it was like back when the Old Wise One "Ernst" arrived, I think close to 30 Years ago if I'm not mistaken....
     
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