Thinking about moving to the Philipines.

[NoshowJones]

I am in Thailand and thinking about moving to the Philipines, I am from the UK.

1  I am thinking about starting in Angeles city, renting a cheap one room apartment on probably a temporary basis, say two months.

2  Is Angeles city a good place to meet other expats? I may want to stay permanently, as I am not interested in the nightlife

I may move to another part, then again I may not.

3 If anyone can give me any advice about anything, I would greatly appreciate it.

[Dave Hounddriver]

2 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

Is Angeles city a good place to meet other expats? I may want to stay permanently, as I am not interested in the nightlife

I found that you can meet a lot of drunks quite easily.  I found that there are a few great guys who live there and are not into the nightlife scene.  I found that those great guys are hard to get to know as they steer clear of newcomers, expecting them to mainly be sex tourists.  Your mileage will vary.

[robert k]

49 minutes ago, Dave Hounddriver said:

I found that you can meet a lot of drunks quite easily.  I found that there are a few great guys who live there and are not into the nightlife scene.  I found that those great guys are hard to get to know as they steer clear of newcomers, expecting them to mainly be sex tourists.  Your mileage will vary.

I was thinking the same but I don't think I could have put it as well as Dave has.

[Jollygoodfellow]

5 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

I am in Thailand and thinking about moving to the Philipines, I am from the UK.

1  I am thinking about starting in Angeles city, renting a cheap one room apartment on probably a temporary basis, say two months.

2  Is Angeles city a good place to meet other expats? I may want to stay permanently, as I am not interested in the nightlife

I may move to another part, then again I may not.

3 If anyone can give me any advice about anything, I would greatly appreciate it.

Is there a reason you chose Angeles? 

Might be hard to get a two month lease.

Meeting other expats I Think comes down to your own personality and whether you seek them out.

[NoshowJones]

5 hours ago, Dave Hounddriver said:

I found that you can meet a lot of drunks quite easily.  I found that there are a few great guys who live there and are not into the nightlife scene.  I found that those great guys are hard to get to know as they steer clear of newcomers, expecting them to mainly be sex tourists.  Your mileage will vary.

I stay well clear of drunks, I am a lifelong non drinker, these great guys you are talking about may be interested in a conversation when they see I am always sober. I chose Angeles City because as far as I know, it is the cheapest place to live, I will not shun anybody because they barfine girls. but as I said a drunk guy has no chance in my company, although there is nothing wrong with social drinkers.

[Jollygoodfellow]

1 hour ago, NoshowJones said:

I chose Angeles City because as far as I know, it is the cheapest place to live,

Where did you get that idea? 

[OnMyWay]

3 minutes ago, Jollygoodfellow said:

1 hour ago, NoshowJones said:

I chose Angeles City because as far as I know, it is the cheapest place to live,

Where did you get that idea? 

Yes, I kind of doubt that.  I have seen ads for very expensive housing and I doubt that the really cheap areas are very expat friendly.

[Happyhorn52]

1 hour ago, NoshowJones said:

I chose Angeles City because as far as I know, it is the cheapest place to live

Angeles City is a smaller version of Pattaya. Not cheap, but probably a good place to meet expats.

[Old55]

Hi No Show,

Many single Expats first moved around Philippines for awhile until the right place or someone finds them.

Other than wanting to befriend other Expats can you give us some ideas of what things or location interest you? Do you like living near the water? Would living in a small town somewhat outside a city be more to your liking?

 

[sonjack2847]

Angeles is not cheap for example my friend lives in Pampanga and hie electric is 27 peso per unit whilst mine is around 10. His rent for an apartment more or less the same as mine is 25000 mine is 10k. A tricycle ride there is minimum 150 peso here it is 8.These are the figures he has given me and we compared them with mine the last time he visited so they are current  I would say.