Bacolod City Chosen as the Best Place to Live by MoneysenseIt’s an affirmation of my choice. From among 65 cities that were ranked, Bacolod City topped the list of “Best Places to Live” by MoneySense magazine. Heinz Bulos, Editor-In-Chief, said that in coming up with the ranking, they relied on two existing surveys, the Philippine Human Development Report and the Philippine Cities Competitiveness Ranking Project (PCCRP) of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) for 2005. Whereas PCCRP uses seven criteria in ranking the cities, MoneySense chose only three – dynamism of local economy, infrastructure, and quality of life.
Bulos noted that Bacolod City can be considered as an over-achiever. Here’s why:
Most Competitive Mid-Sized City in the Philippines for two consecutive years.
- Based on the results of the PCCRP for the years 2003 and 2005, Bacolod City ranked high in all criteria from among the cities under the mid-sized category. These are non-metro cities with a population of more than 200,000.It ranked highest on Infrastructure and Quality of Life.
Clean and Green Hall of Fame Awardee
- Bacolod City was named the “Cleanest and Greenest Highly Urbanized City in the Philippines” for five years (1997, 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2002) earning it the distinction to be in the Clean and Green Hall of Fame.
Most Business Friendly Local Government Unit in the Philippines
- Bacolod bested 130 other cities when the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry declared it the “Most Business-Friendly Local Government Unit in the Philippines” in 2007. It was the second year in a row for Bacolod to be named the “Most Business-Friendly City in the Visayas”. As the regional winner, it became a finalist and competed with the other regional winners and was chosen as the national winner.
Iloilo City, which was also on the Top 5 of PCCRP for Mid-Sized Cities category, ranked 5th. It should be noted that when Moneysense ranked the “Best Places to Live”, it did not categorize the cities as to population size but based the ranking on the three criteria only.
Is your city on the list?
Want to know if your city is on the Top 20? Here’s the complete list:
- Bacolod
- Makati
- Davao
- Marikina
- Iloilo
- Las Piñas
- Pasig
- San Fernando
- Mandaluyong
- Quezon City
- Manila
- Batangas
- Cagayan de Oro
- Muntinlupa
- Angeles
- Baguio
- Lipa
- Calamba
- General Santos
- Cebu
MoneySense has a lengthy article featuring the cities in the Top 10 of the “Best Places to Live” in the Philippines. Want to know why they’re on the Top 10? Go grab yourself a copy of the March-April 2008 issue.
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Fren,
Congrats sa inyo dyan. Kami dito sa Ilocos, hindi man lang lumaban. Hahaha!
I hope to see you when I get the chance to take a break.
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not even one city in my province is in that list…but at least the place i grew up in is there at #6
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wow! very nice site… and i’m glad to know that a lot of people really like bacolod. i’m a bacolodnon and i’m proud to be one. i have friends who came here and are deciding to retire here someday because they really like bacolod very much. congratulations for being featured in that magazine.
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@Jessie – Don’t worry friend, baka kasi hindi na include sa study yung mga cities nyo dyan. Only 65 cities were included in the study.
Hope you can visit Bacolod one of these days.
@Clare – The same thing. Maybe those cities were not included in the study. You were from las Piñas pala. I have a brother and several cousins there. I usually stay there when I’m in Metro Manila.
@ifoundme – Well, I’m glad you found me. I agree, Bacolod is a nice place to retire.
congrats, mare!
i’ve resided in three and visit all the top 5 cities and by my own standards, bacolod is THE best place to live in the country!
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@Roxiegirl – I knew you would say that.
oh makes me proud to be a bacoleña.:) thank you people!
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Hmmm.. I haven’t been to Bacolod.. makapunta nga
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@aLiNe – You will not regret it. Hehehe…especially during Masskara festival.:-D
oooh, where in las pinas?
proud to be bacolodnon hehehe @aline try to visit bbaacolod you will never regret when u go there try inasal hehehe one of the best in bacolod…
@clare – i think golden acres subd. basta soldiers hills 2 sinasakyan from sm southmall. medyo malapit na rin dya sa molino. medyo probinsya na nga feeling ko pag nandun ako. hehehe
yah,,,galing…..im very proud to be a bacolodnon…i know naman eh…kasi d2 sa bacolod,,,malalambing ang tao…masisipag…may malasakit sa kalikasan…nd nga lahat pero karamihan…try nu magvisit d2..lalo na pagmasskara festival…the city of smiles pa naman…at tikman nu ang inasal ng bacolod….see yah there…
i’ve been to all places on the list except davao, cdo and gensan…i’ve lived in manila for almost 10 years, toured almost all parts of luzon and the visayas even continents of asia and europe (HK, taiwan, singapore, holland, belgium and germany and soon..USA)…. and i would have to say, bacolod city is really the BEST place to experience and to live!
proud to be a bacoleño!
ANIMO!
thanks poh..sa mga nag vote sa bacolod hehehe..totoo namn poh na best place talga ang city namin try nyo nlng para maniwala kau..try our own inasal..babalik talaga kau..go go go bacolod!!!
@Patrick, Noi and Cristy – Thank you for dropping by my blog. Take it from the true-blue Bacoleños. I myself may not be a Bacoleña but that didn’t stop me from loving the city. Balik-balik lang di sa blog ko ah.
i really miss bacolod. i love the place, the food and the people are very nice.
i’ve been here in bacolod for around 4 years and bacolod is a nice place to live though it doesn’t match with the real lifestyle i have but it’s relaxing here… as i checked this article, i was amazed because it was based on the survey done around 2-3 years ago well in fact the latest survey by Asian Institute of Management took place last year 2007.. and the result made me a bit curious on what had happened on the city of smiles now because bacolod was not even on the top list of the best cities to live survey 2007 conducted by the same institution…. bacolodnons you have to do something about this….there’s a lot that we can do…
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