If you have been reading my post in the past months you may know that I am currently out of the Philippines to work. Home is home and if I get to save enough, here are the places I would buy a property and why:
1. Gumaca, Quezon
Aside from being my father’s hometown, I love how the sea and mountain is so close to each other. You can have the calming sound of waves or the song of birds.
2. Los Baños, Laguna
Needless to say I studied here and it was 30-min drive from home. I love that this is a small city and a quiet town at once. You can also do coffee shop hopping as there is a lot around the area.
3. Sipalay, Negros Occidental
Again, mountains and sea meet – I will be your market! On top of that who will not want to be here and see these islets? How about a location close to a beautiful ruin!
4. Guimaras, Iloilo
It is a small and beautiful island that is a 10-min boat ride to the main island of Iloilo. The sweetest mango in the world is here and living there you will have access on that every year!
5. Guinobatan, Albay
I came first 10 years ago as an intern for 3 months and it became my core memory. Having agricultural lands is one of the investments you could start with on top of the calmness it offers.
6. Siargao, Surigao del Norte
If you are into coconut farming this is one of the places you may want to live in. As you can see, the common denominator here would be that mountains and beaches keep me alive.
7. Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro
If you are into a simple life, this is a place to be. This place is rich of commodities like onion, rice and corn as well as sea life such as different kinds of fish and shellfish!
8. Argao, Cebu
This place has all of the above I guess. Mountains, sea, farm lands and sweet mangoes. Plus, old churches, calm and happy neighborhood.
9. Malaybalay, Bukidnon
One of the reasons why I wanted to work abroad aside from the better pay was because of cold weather. This place is cool literally and figuratively, and vegetables grow better around this area.
These places are top 9 in my head whenever I imagine myself starting buying properties back home (although I am far away from even buying a half hectare of land but let’s go! MANIFEST!).
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