Best Posts in Thread: Traffic in Dumaguete absolute c-h-a-o-s!

Good on em,let's hope this happens every day and not just a one off due to people pressure!

 

I am still here and I still have the same landlord as when I first moved here. I moved to Valencia from the start though (completely by accident....I thought Valencia was a barangay of Dumaguete when I read it in the description ). Understand that what I did is similar to placing your bet on one number on a roulette wheel. (FYI: the first time I ever played roulette at a casino I placed $100 on 31 black and won....and then walked away. I'm not going to tell you to bet everything you have on 31 black though. ) Landlords here can be a nightmare and there is little recourse if you get screwed by one unless you are willing to battle it out in court for years.....and then probably lose your case. Find a short term lease, preferably on a month to month basis, and then start looking for a place.

I am/was happy (not sure what the tense should be at the moment) with Dumaguete (Valencia) and don't regret it. I've been here for about 5 years. Every year Dumaguete seems to get worse though. It's just simply growing faster than the infrastructure can handle and it is managed by chicken sh*t politicians that are only concerned with maintaining their power/getting votes and have no interest in making the tough decisions that need to be made. (But where in the world are politicians not doing this?)

 

Have to be honest, I have been thinking the exact same thing......though I'm not sure such a place exists in the Philippines.