welcome to the meete welcome to the meete you've got tons of beautiful women here let's just be honest hey YouTube Alex here and I am walking on the Boulevard in dumag Getti I wanted to share my first impressions
of the city giving you my thoughts should you come here a lot of people are asking me oh man isn't it overhyped oh dramati isn't it done do I agree with that stay tuned and we'll get into it
my answer is no it's not overdone it's a cool City it's smaller than SIU or Manila you're not going to have this overwhelming metropolitan area vibe that you have in Manila or in SIU I walked out of the
airport was just walking down the street there's more infrastructure than you'd think I mean here we're on the boulevard it's very nicely paved the brick work is really nice it's fine to go walking I don't see as many
foreigners as I would have thought if you watch the vloggers you get the impression that half of the population here in dumag Getti is foreign I do see some foreigners here but it's not every other person I think
it's maybe 5% of the population it's not as common as I would have thought it would be based on the vloggers I think all of us were watching foreign vloggers and we're thinking oh man everybody in that town
is a vlogger there are a lot of vloggers but as a proportion of population I think it's kind of overblown I am out here during the day at night time when everybody's off work a lot of people come
out here to the boulevard and go walking you see people scattered throughout here but there's just really not that many people I like the weather a lot the Philippines has my favorite weather in Southeast Asia dumag is no
exception you've got the wonderful Ocean Breeze I think it may be that there's more tree cover here there's the W not bar you've got tons of beautiful women here let's just be honest there's a lot of gorgeous women
Filipinos in general are friendly people will smile at you they will talk to you I go up and introduce myself to people and just start talking it's a rare place in the world that you can just go up
and have conversations with people and they will be cheerful and friendly you're not going to be out of place they're used to seeing foreigners here they're used to interacting with foreigners ever since dumag was on the Forbes list
it's a special City I can see why so many people want to live here you have a lot of Western conveniences without having that crowded feeling that you can get in Manila or SIU where if you want to
leave or come to the Philippines you're probably going through one of those two cities you're flying to the Manila airport you've got people funneling out to all the different parts of the Philippines behind me here you've got a
ferry terminal I'm not sure where these fairies go to I did just see a boat pull up and drop a bunch of people off dumag Getti is a great Hub you can get around to other parts of the
country in minda now because I've got some friends I want to see in minda now you could also take a fery to Sabu it looks like he's having a bad day what are some other for oh hello sir
hello sir that Ocean Breeze smells incredible it's such a unique smell I think some people might not like it it's kind of salty Earth Tones could you come here and have success as a single guy I'm going to
disagree with Paul here I do think that there's room for single guys to come here and today probably going to meet more than one beautiful woman here you're probably going to meet more than one nice woman that you'd
consider having a relationship with I do think that it's a good idea to eventually commit because you don't want to get a reputation as a chick boy you might run into some problems there I'm not going to speak
from personal experience you know that being said I get what Paul said when he said this is a place for couples it is a place that once you meet a woman from the Philippines perhaps in a different part
of the country and you want some space between her and her family just due to boundaries then it is a place for that you can bring a woman here from a different part of the country settle down have
your Western conveniences for the guys who are staying here more long term they're staying outside of the city they're staying in bakong where I'm staying they're staying in Dow where the dive resorts are at they might be staying
in siulan which is near the airport there's also Valencia in the Hills while everything is centered around DTI the transportation this sort of Hub and spoke system where you've got the Hub at the terminal and then people go
north or they go west into the hills or they go South toward the beaches and Resorts and so when you have this system it lends itself to be based in one of the surrounding areas that's less population dance
you're not going to be hearing traffic go by you won't feel as crowded around as you might feel in the city proper it's not a big city but it is densely populated it's growing more and more as more
foreigners come to live here I still can't get over how compact it is I thought it was going to be so much bigger dumag Getti has this outsized online presence people are always talking about dumag Getti I get
why this place has that appeal if you're not needing to work why not live here why not give it a shot it's not overdone until like half the people you go out and see your foreigners which is the
case in some places that I've have been in other countries then I think it's still got a hello sir uh it's still got a lot of room to grow there's a lot of room for new people to come
here some xats move on they find it's not for them it's not like every xat moves here and stays for a thousand years unfortunately we do lose some xat probably some it's more fortunate than unfortunate don't come here
and expect a mega party it is a fairly lowkey or laid-back place it's a little bit different from SIU City where it seems to be more of a party scene I think makes sense right I mean if you're
coming into the country and you're jet lagged you want to just blow off steam first thing you want to do in mton is head to a bar but that's not going to be as much of a thing you'll
do here is there some of that yeah I do see some bars but it's not going to be this over-the-top party scene there's a lot to see here it's deceptive it's not the biggest place and if you're just
walking around like I am right now you might feel like oh I've seen it all because it is spread out you're going to want to have some kind of transport here you've got to sort out some way of
getting around efficiently more First Impressions I've just been shocked at how much I'm talking to people and meeting people I feel like I've done more socializing here in a day than I would in the US in an entire
month now how about pricing I know a lot of people are thinking hey the Philippines can I afford it living on X a month in Vietnam I'm living on X a month in Thailand there's a few things that
you can do to help moderate the cost the one is of course finding a relationship if you're dating a local woman she's going to dramatically reduce prices she will be a local face where she's going to get the
local price when she goes shopping don't go with her if you're trying to negotiate for an apartment once again have her help you to negotiate she's probably going to get a better price than you will also if she
goes to the market she knows what's on offer right she knows the kind of fruits and vegetables they have she knows what's in season that's the first step you have toward moderating your prices is meeting a nice woman
who can help you sort that out number two watch plenty of Vlogs there's so many Vlogs covering dag Getti and the Philippines in general get a better sense of what pricing is figure out roughly what things cost don't
just go in oh I'll overpay because I'm a big shot you never know when you're going to need money here it's not a place where most people are going to be able to make a lot of money you
need to moderate what you're spending you're not going to just go and get it it's not like Vietnam or Thailand where you can go teach English if you need some extra money most of the people here speak some
basic English they don't really need English lessons it's not a viable way for most people to make money number three check out different areas in town if you want to moderate your expenses figure out hey what does it
cost if I want to live on the beach figure out what does it cost if I want a single family home one of the things that Mike said to me that I really appreciate is he said figure out
your cost of living not I'm bouncing from here to here to here but what is the base amount you need to pay your rent your food your transportation and build on that it's good to get a sense this
is what I have to spend every month and then move on to this is what I can spend every month to raise the bar and that way you know this is roughly what I'm going to be expected to
spend just to maintain my Standard Life here you see more and more people coming out hello to enjoy themselves to enjoy this beautiful hi hi there welcome to Dag so nice to meet you um you know people here
are gregarious and they're funloving having a good time they're very social I'd use the word bucolic not like broccoli it's like taking a time machine going back in time in a time where people were more friendly they're not
so caught up by materialism like in the west it's shocking to me how generous people are it's such a special place another thing that I've noticed is that the Philippines is a young country when I came here 5
years ago I was 27 and I felt like I was at the median and age of the people here and I actually looked it up and it turns out it's true even at 31 I still feel like there's
this connection that I have with people I feel like an old 31-year-old they're so nice here when I get a motorbike here yeah I think it's a good idea to get a motorbike if you are going to come
here to do meetti and stay long term the city is pretty spread out it's not really a place that you can do everything within your own neighborhood you'll have snacks and sorry sorry stores but if you want to
really experience it you're going to want a faster mode of transportation what is my final summary of dumag Getti summing it up it's a modestly sized city not too many people you've got some Western conveniences you've got shopping
options but it's not overwhelming there's not too many people here the traffic here is very mild compared to SIU or Manila you still got a lot of single local women if you're wanting to date you've got a variety
of activities you've got the mountains you've got the diving you've got a surprising amount of variety you also have peace and quiet it definitely feels more chill than SIU definitely feels more chill than Manila I can see why
so many people want to live here in dumag Getti so thanks so much for watching give us a thumbs up if this first impressions video has been helpful for you if you agree comment down below if you disagree
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