in today's video I want to answer the question what do I love about the Philippines the number 10 thing that I love about the Philippines is the prevalence of English anywhere you go in this country people have solid
English you're able to communicate with people it really helps things to go more smoothly because there's less miscommunication people can generally understand you and you can understand them if you're coming from the US like I am just makes
things super easy compared to many other countries I've been to where English is not a commonly spoken language that just makes the Philippines an awesome place to be it really could be higher up the list but it's the
key that makes this country so awesome when I go out and I know I can talk to people on the street I know I can communicate with people who are in the service industry people who are providing different
services to me it just makes things go a lot more smoothly I know that if I go into a store and I am checking out that if I have questions about something or whatever it may be I can
communicate easily with people and that just takes a burden off my shoulders as to okay well if this happens what do I do okay I got to pull out my translate app in some other countries here I don't
have that problem I can easily communicate what I need to communicate to my counterpart the next point is the weather and the Sun so for me I'm used to the United States where in much of the United States
it's cold and overcast half the year it's gray and depressing and not exactly motivating people to go outside and do much there's some exceptions that are pretty expensive like Hawaii or California Colorado it's not like that here much
of the Philippines has really nice weather by my standards I tend to have some seasonal mood issues back home it's really nice to know hey if I want to go out and enjoy the weather that's possible most days
especially here in dag Getti DTI is known for being a good weather City that doesn't get as heavily impacted by storms and and weather systems like other parts of the country it's nice to be able to just go
out make plans hang out go out and enjoy yourself setting aside the rainy season and other inclement weather times of the year then most days are sunny I mean I'm watching the sun come up right now it sets
a positive tone to the start of the day when you look outside and it's beautiful and and the light is Illuminating each tree leaf you really see these gorgeous Landscapes at their best and just so different from where
I'm from where it's overcast and it's cold and people are in a sour mood I think that's part of the reason why people are so cheerful is that the weather is really nice as far as the sunlight and
the predictable warm weather like you go out you see people wearing shorts and t-shirts not having to bundle up like back home so that's something else that I really like here so that's reason number nine reason number nine
is the weather and the sunlight I think a lot of people are attracted to the Philippines because they know that the weather will improve their mood number eight is the walkability factor something I like about the Philippines over
my home state I remember the last time I was in my hometown and I wanted to just walk across town I explained to my friend's mom who I was visiting at the time hey I'll just walk over there
it's not that far maybe a couple kilometers she said oh no no no you you can't walk here I said well what do you mean I can't walk there I just come from Latin America and to me it
seemed like a normal thing to do to just walk and she said no the cops will stop you you're not allowed to walk in this town they're going to ask you if you're a vagrant they're going to they're
going to stop you probably every 5 or 10 minutes asking you what you're doing and where you're going you need to just ride over here you need to call an Uber or you need to ride with your friend
over here this is not a town where you could just walk around and much of the United States is like this where walking is associated with people who can't afford Vehicles it's not like that here in the Philippines
you can walk in many different places is as long as you're on the sidewalk assuming you're not trespassing you're not going on private property most people aren't going to care and that's something I really like I see people
walking all over town I see people going for jogs everywhere I go in the Philippines I see people out going for walks enjoying themselves trying to better their health even where I'm sitting right here I can see the
road ahead of me and I see people walking to where they need to go and the weather contributes to that the population density contributes to that the walkability factor is fantastic here it's nice to be able to just
walk around town do megas like that parts of Manila are like that additionally most cities here have a Boulevard area where you can go walking and it's a nice way to get some exercise and enjoy yourself number seven
is the architecture I rarely hear people talking about this and I'm not sure why but there's a lot of really cool architecture here in the Philippines there are many different times throughout history that are represented here in terms
of architecture you see influence from the Spanish of course in terms of the Catholic churches the old world kind of look you see influences from the Chinese and you see influence from the Americans there's the hypermodern BGC all
the way to parts of this island which look like they haven't changed in hundreds of years there is so much cool architecture here something else that I like is that they have mixed use development here where on the
bottom level you've got a business you've got a cafe you've got a convenience store and then in the upper level you've got Apartments this is rare in the United States you'll pay a lot of money to live in
a place like this cuz it's only going to exist in a few major cities even in the more small towns mediumsized towns here in the Philippines you've got this mix use development that really adds to the feeling of
vibrancy which I'll talk about later in this video but it's so nice to be able to interact with people people at a street level much United States is basically Suburban car parks and they've eliminated the human element in
the effort of efficiency and maximizing Revenue where many things here are set up to encourage people to interact to encourage people to spend time together and mix use development really Fosters that where you go to a store below
your apartment you go to a restaurant below your apartment and you get to interact with different people you get to spend time with different people you can really get to know people better so it's not just the architecture
it's also how the architecture interacts with the environment and how the people can interact with the architecture I'll actually bring up another Point related to the architecture later in this video number six is the social climate the social
climate is great here in the Philippines people are still social people still interact with one another in the US if I go up and try to talk to a stranger they're going to look at me like I'm crazy
especially in a big city but here people are super social here in the Philippines I can approach just about anybody on the street and start up a conversation the woman I'm chatting now we actually met through her aunt
and her aunt is a really nice lady great sense of humor this would never happen in the United States in us they would probably tell you stay away from my family stay away from my daughter stay away from
my niece here the social climate is such that many people here believe that you should be in a relationship if that's what you want and they tend to believe that you'll be happier in a relationship than you would
be single and and that romantic culture really and that romantic culture really permeates the atmosphere here another element of the social climate is the family oriented nature of things you notice that when you go out to restaurants they
have family style portions or family style meals this is not so common in the US anymore you used to see this a long time ago in the US like I said back in the 9s these days it's mostly
catering to the solo Diner you have like combo meals and things like that but they know that families are fewer and far between than they used to be and that most people simply can't afford that so there's no
point in marketing products to that demographic one of my acquaintances back in the US pointed out how expensive diapers have gotten and he explained to me that diapers are expensive because very few people need them anymore so the
few people that want them or demand them have to pay a higher and higher premium to make it worthwhile for these Brands like Pampers to manufacturer these products I'm sure the same applies to baby formula and I know
the same applies to child Care number five the next point is that the Philippines is teaming with life you go anywhere in this country you're going to be surrounded by life not just the wonderful Filipino people but also
different kinds of animals you go in the ocean you see marine life like fish and crabs and shrimp and all kinds of different Critters are all over the place part of the reason why the Philippines is such a
popular diving destination but this is something that has really made me feel good because in the US it seems like to experience this you really got to go out in nature that the level of development is so high
they've gotten rid of some of the life that's not so convenient now there is nice nature I'm not saying there's not but most of us have to go to a national park to really get a strong taste of
that where the way that this country Works you're much more exposed to life and kids running around for example that's another thing you don't really see as much of in the US these days maybe a select few familyfriendly
areas that are particularly well off but a lot of people just don't have kids and so the population when you get back to us you notice it's substantially older here you don't really get that sense the second you
step off the plane you have this sense you're almost like on another planet where life is still thriving in many ways and that's something I find really enjoyable about being here is that I see all kinds of Life
running around I when I wake up I hear birds singing when I walk down the street I see kids playing I see I see people really living outside back home it seems like we live box life we spend
most of our time indoors here it seems like a lot of the life is happening outside it's happening out there and in such a way that you really benefit from going out and doing stuff and it's not so
expensive to go outside either like back home it's like every time I leave the house I'm going to spend a lot of money here you can spend a very modest amount of money to go outside so it's much
more like an every man kind of environment where people aren't necessarily as excluded from the public space or the public sphere they have nice Parks here in the Philippines here in DTI we also have the Boulevard and you
walk down the boulevard you see all kinds of people people with many different backgrounds it's free to go down to the boulevard so anybody could afford to be down there and it's just really nice to have that inclusive
of allif kind of atmosphere here the next point is night vibrancy now what do I mean by Night vibrancy well back in the States where I'm from everything closes down by like 8 9 p.m. for a lot of
businesses it's not safe to be open late the volume of customers will also be much less so that you're just not going to see or do much in much of the US in the late night hour maybe if
you're in Las Vegas maybe if you're in New York City maybe if you're in certain parts of Texas you've got that vibrancy at nighttime but for many of us we don't have that experience back home we want to
go out we want to live life but to do so is expensive time consuming we may have had to pick up another job due to inflation and it's just not that fun to go out where here cities because
it's hot during the day here you actually can have more fun at night at times you go out and it's cooled off people are off work they're getting together in a social setting they're meeting up with their families
they might be doing karaoke they're meeting at the parks they might be doing some dancing that's something that's kind of neat to see at queson Park here in duetti is people will go there and they'll do these dance
classes people of all ages participating in these dance class classes and it's a lot of fun it's just a fun vibrant atmosphere you don't feel like everybody is home for the night and is just so exhausted and also
maybe lonely and isolated that they don't want to be around other people it's just so different here in that way I think some of the only people out in much of the United States after dark are law enforcement
and criminals you just don't have that here here a lot of people like going out in the evening they may go out to restaurants they may go out to their friend's house their relatives house it just made for
an exciting atmosphere I went out Saturday night to go try to find a bike to eat and i' had gotten back late from some traveling I did over the weekend and it was like being back in the '90s
I walked down this popular part of town there's all these cars parked people are hanging out listening to music enjoying their evening it just reminded me so much of being back in the 9s when people still did that
kind of thing in the United States much more so than today the next point point number three is the mall culture there's this really cool Mall culture that once again used to be a thing back in the US
but malls now in the US are magnets for Prime they're typically kind of run down most of the stores aren't there here there's still a big mall culture and the thing that I like about it is that there
are a lot of what I call third spaces here in the Philippines that's probably a better name for this point is the presence of third spaces back in the US we've got work and we've got home and not
much else there's some things if you're really wealthy if you got a lot of money that you you can participate and enjoy but for people who don't have a lot of money there are no third spaces you go
to work or you go home that's basically the extent of your life here you've got malls you've got Parks you've got different shopping centers you've got restaurants that seem to still get a lot of business cuz they haven't
priced out a lot of people there's so many different kinds of third spaces here in the Philippines beaches are another example the boulevard there's places where people can go to meet up and hang out that aren't at home
and aren't at work I know so many people back in America where all of their friends are just former co-workers and there's nothing wrong with that I'm not here to pick on Americans or pick on America I get
it people have a high standard of living and with that comes a lot of working hours limited vacation time but here the society is more oriented toward relationships and this also comes out in the architecture the public spaces
it's just really enjoyable to say hey buddy instead of coming over and watching Netflix or instead of meeting up at my office or the neighborhood around my office let's go over to this coffee shop or let's go over
to the shopping mall let's get some dinner let's do this let's do that there's so many options here that the third spaces create that you just don't have as much if at all back home especially if you're not
really well Todo you're not in a nice part of LA or New York City dag Getti is a nice town it's also not massive right you're not coming to duetti and thinking oh I've landed in Chicago or New
York City it's still a modestly sized town I think that's going to change cuz it's so popular and growing so fast but it is something to be aware of it is something that I love about this country is
that there's so many different third spaces places for people to get together places for people to have fun and you don't even have to spend money in all of them there's a perception oh you got to spend money
you can go to the mall without spending money you can go to the boulevard without spending money a number of places here allow for people to just come in and drink water they're not going to throw you out
for not buying something unlike the us we in the US sir you need to buy something you need to get out of here no loitering they don't have that atmosphere here and it really makes for a great climate
to meet people I love it here that you can meet different people that's how I met most of my vlogger friends it's not just through personal introductions but just running into people there's people that I've just run into
out in town walking around oh well hey what's up and we stop and we chat it's so different from back home I've lived in big cities for a long time very very rarely maybe once or twice a year
do I run into people by accident number two the next point is the people the people here are incredible I've got so many examples of Filipino people being good to me it's impossible to count and if I mentioned
every single example this video would never end it's rare to feel welcomed on this level in a country the Filipino people want you to have a good time here they want you to enjoy their country they want you
to go back and tell your friends to come here and spend time here I fell in love with this country the first time I came I've been to six different Islands at this point and the amount of variety
here is incredible I found Hospitality all over I fell in love with this country when I first came here about 5 years ago the kicker for me was noticing how nice people were and I remember asking my friend
is this normal am I getting the celebrity treatment here did you ask people to roll out the red carpet for me I was even suspicious to some extent I asked him are people normally like this like friendly and
providing good service and smiling at me and wanting to talk to me get to know me actually actually wondering what I think about the Philippines it's just such a different atmosphere than the US where people are rude as
heck in the US especially big city America if you make eye contact with somebody that's grounds for a fight if I make eye contact with somebody here typically they're going to smile at me they might come up to
me and talk to me we might exchange telephone numbers even it's really really a cool feeling to be in a place where the people actually like you and want to talk to you want to get to know you
they don't perceive you to be a threat they're not so hyped up and angry like back home in America people here are generally very nice and it's the thing that's probably this one is just competing with number one
for me number one and number two number one and number two are really side by side I remember when I visited kigan Island and people would be standing in their front yard doing work and they'd stop and smile
and wave at me it was almost like if you've ever seen a documentary of being in a tropical Paradise or something like that that's what it reminded me of I'd never been to a place like it and the
Philippines is really unique in that regard I think people in much of southeast Asia tend to be nice but it's especially pronounced here in the Philippines there's nothing quite like Filipino Hospitality the people are really putting this country
on the map I think the Philippines has this outsized online presence and is only going to get more and more tourism in the coming years because people are finding out about it people are finding out about the beautiful
islands I mean look at this and I'm just here at a normal public beach so the final one like I said number two and number one are tied that is the nature this is the most beautiful country in
the world it's absolutely stunning you have the most beautiful islands I've ever seen in my life and that much is obvious right it's obvious the Philippines has beautiful islands anybody who googles a picture search of the Philippines will'll
see beautiful islands but for me part of what's underrated here are the mountains I recently spent some time in the mountains south of Sabu City and it was amazing I mean just absolutely stunning dramatic like chasms and canyons
these reviews I'll never forget I'll share some of those with you here but these are oneof a kind in my opinion not just having the beautiful mountains but having the mild weather to be able to explore I lived
in Colorado for several years and it's too cold and not really safe to be exploring half the year here you can explore year round you can visit these islands year round it's really a beautiful country I'm looking at
siki across from dag Getti right now and over there I've heard has the best beaches in the area but the bar is high here I mean the bar for best or Top Notch is so high I think you
can't go wrong here in the Philippines if you're looking for stunning nature it's like being in another planet the oldw world architecture the friendly people the interesting cityscapes being able to look out at the ocean while you're dining
in a nice restaurant it's really a one-of-a-kind experience and I think that the nature is the I think that the people in the nature are the two easiest sell on the Philippines some of the other things maybe I'm
a nerd and I like some of those other points I made cuz I'm just a nerd a nerd guy but I think most people will find the Filipino people easy to get along with I think most people will
find the nature here to be stunning and beautiful gorgeous incredible to look at I still get a huge throw out of it I came back here to do MTI from subu Island and I remember seeing us approaching Dumaguete
and seeing the mountains in the backdrop with the ocean below and it's mindblowing I mean it's just an incredible country I mean just to see these islands and all the ones I been to are beautiful I mean every
single Island I've been to has had different shapes different volcanoes different mountains different kind of layouts and you have that here in the Philippines that's the biggest one for me personally but you can't go wrong with any of
these reasons let me know what you think down in the comments below are any of these reasons an appeal to you to come to the Philippines which reason is your favorite of these reasons I mentioned maybe there's one
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