I live the same lifestyle here in the Philippines on Samal Island in Garden City as I do in the United States in Clearwater, Florida with my wife and four kids two of which are full time college students. It's all about how you want to live your life. A single person can live comfortably on $1,500 to $2,000 dollars a month anywhere in the Philippines while a Family of six can live an upper middle class lifestyle on $2,000 to $3,000 dollars a month here. What it takes to live a comfortable life in the Philippines for this American. (Me) 1) I refuse to rent, I'm not stressing about a house or rental payment every month. We own our own house that's paid for because of this specific reason. 2) I refuse to live without air-conditioning. We run our air-conditioning 24 7 Not only do we have a split air-conditioning unit ( central air ) But three window air-conditioning units as well for back up. I'm never going without air-conditioning. 3) I refuse to live without water to clean our house, take showers, do dishes, do laundry, water the plants, wash our scooters. We have Public water as well as a water tank and electric water pump. I'm never going to run out of water. 4) We keep 50 gallons of drinking water on hand at all times. I'm never going to run out of drinking water. 5) I refuse to be sitting in our house in a brown out without lights, air-conditioning, and water. We have Public commercial power as well as a generator. The generator will run everything in our house when the power goes out. We have brown outs several times a week. In most cases they last about 10 minutes but sometimes more so in the event the power is out for more than 30 minutes I will then turn the generator on. Sometime in the next two years we will be putting up solar panels. 6) We cook with propane gas. We keep two tanks so we don't have to wait around for a delivery to finish cooking a meal. I'm never running out of propane gas. 7) Transportation, when it rains we take tricycles to go anywhere we want. For now public transportation is always easy to get too. When we go to Davao city we get a taxi cab. We have two scooters mine and my wife's she prefers to ride with me but saying one breaks down we have a back up. We will be purchasing a van sometime in the near future. 8) I refuse to eat just Filipino food, We go to Davao city to shop for American food once a month, I eat 50% Filipino food and 50% American food during the month. I've said all this for one reason, If you're a person who is struggling to live in the United States trying to put food on your table and keep a roof over your head then you may want to explore the idea of relocating to the Philippines. 90% of The Philippine people speak English a big plus when moving to a new country.

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That was a fun tour. It would be a good experience for everyone to try and live like this for at least a year. I am going to live like this soon. Just to give it a try. (No Stress living)

Great video… helpful too.

We run our split air-conditioning unit 24/7 set on 26 during the day and 27 at night. We have a water tank and pump as well, three electric fans, a large refrigerator. Rice cooker, toaster, hot water shower in the bathroom. Outside lighting. Our electricity bill was 6,007 php for June.

Random thoughts. The Boy Scout mato...be prepared. Sitting in your house with no lights, Air-conditioning and water isn't a good time, Down right miserable for an American. We had a brown out for 12 hours today. They normally only last 10 minutes. We get them two or three times a week. a week ago we had one for an hour and half. I feel blessed today because I had my brothers install a generator that runs everything in our house during a brown out. No going without lights, air-conditioning or water. Life is good here on Samal Island.

Ah, the gas was 1200 piso, not 1800 each

I would love to find a girl there and come .

Soo, you are shutting everyone down with the 1,500 a month, Or you will be living and suffering like the poor phillipino,that's what they are preaching,that you cannot live with less than a $1000 a month over there, your budget is not even $500 a month, are you are not suffering,nor starving,eating street food, you making a point to don't be scared other guy's saying that you need $1,500 a month to live there,regards from South Boston!!