How much DO things cost?
I read a lot of blogs and articles regarding the cost of living in the Philippines. It generally goes from it costs a lot more than one thinks, to being dirt cheap. And that’s probably true, because there are just too many variables to be able to come up with one answer.
Recently Dave Starr put up a great (IMO) article that describes in detail his expenses. This is the kind of article I can really appreciate, because it doesn’t really attempt to compare things back and forth, just give you a “real world” example that you can use as a baseline to make your own conclusions from. He breaks it down expense by expense, leaving only the disposable income to question. Actually, he even averages that for you, too.
Dave’s got a couple of great blogs going, PhilFaqs and Retired Pay World. If you haven’t been there, check them out.
Thanks for the kind words, Randy. There are times I want to drop everything to do with blogging in the “about the Philippines space”, because I really have lot of other things going on and there are a _lot_ more profitable ways to spend one’s online time.
But the people I meet in the “Philippines space” are so often interesting and first-rate that I really don’t want to let go. Keep writing, I’ll keep reading.
Hi Dave – my pleasure. I don’t put near the time into blogging that you and Bog do, for instance, but I can certainly understand how much time it could take up.
It’s valuable information, and I’m glad you’re doing it.