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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hi guys, i admit bacolod is the best city…nice food,people,places…well,chicken inasal …sarap…and the festival itself..the official festival of the PHILIPpINES…MASSKARA festival.
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see you there!!!!!!!!!!!!!! peace
I LOVE BACOLOD! sige na bacolod BATO kita!
oh oh! belwo is the list of mid-sized cities awarded by AIM..
Mid-sized Cities:
1. Cabanatuan
2. General Santos
3. Lucena City
4. Olongapo City
5. San Pablo City
6. Tagum
7. Tarlac
and it’s so funny to know that a lot of people are questioning their survey…been to cabanatuan, lucena, olongapo, san pablo and tarlac and ,oh my, awwww! hahaha…so comical! really…
Bacolod sure is a lovely place to live in. Another notable thing (actually observed by my uncle) of Bacolodnons is that they drink A LOT! And I mean a lot! Beer is like water to them. And I agree with him, although I’m not one of those heavy beer drinkers or even just beer drinkers.
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I won’t leave any personal comment because I’m a Dabawenyo, and it would be partial. But let this fact speak for itself (excerpted from MINDANEWS [mindanews.com]:
“In the previous assessments three under the Philippine Competitiveness among Cities Ranking Project (PCCRP), Davao also made it to the top five. The assessment started in 1999 where Davao City ranked 5th among 10 cities; 1st among 30 cities in 2002; while 3rd among 50 cities in 2003, 1st again among 65 cities in 2005″.
I did the right thing in buying a property lot (for retirement) in bacolod. I am not a Bacoleno but there is really ’something’ in that place (in a good way). As for that ’something’, well it’s for us to find out.
@Dinarman – That’s good to hear. I myself bought a house and lot through Pag-IBIG even though I’m from Iloilo. I think you made the right decision even for the investment side of it. Properties here in Bacolod appraise in value over a short period of time because of the several real estate developments coming in.
my birthplace… gina balik balikan… the place to live indeed
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I am proud to be a Bacolena!
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Bacolod is a right choice!
I am a priest from Tagum City… I am hoping that Tagum would be included in the list in the coming years. Below are the reasons:
1. Tagum is formerly a fifth class municipality but now it is already a FIRST CLASS city.
2. Tagum, the capital city of Davao del Norte, has wide roads.
3. Tagum City plants all kinds of palm trees for it is the Tagumenos desire to be known as THE PALM CITY OF THE PHILIPPINES.
4. Tagum is also the home of MUSIKAHAN FESTIVAL and also DURIAN FESTIVAL
5. TAGUM CATHEDRAL – NEW CHRIST THE KING CATHEDRAL – is the biggest cathedral in Mindanao. In fact, Tagum is one of the pioneers of Basic Ecclesial Communities… this year celebrating its 40th year…
6. The Church in Tagum has the BIGGEST, HARDEST AND LONGEST ROSARY in the world…
7. The people are very hospitable, respectful, pious and disciplined.
8. Tagum is clean and green.
9. Tagum is very accesible.
10. Tagum is waiting for you.
Presently, tagum city is constructing its new city hall and continue its infrastructure projects.
I graduated in bacolod city,but now residing in manila for work,for me bacolod city is different and most cleanliness in term of environment compare to my city travel in philippines. congrat city of smile.
Thanks for the visit Father Ben. Based on the 2007 AIM PCCRCP results, Tagum City is No.6 in for the Mid-Sized City category. Congrats! Please see the results of 2007 AIM PCCRP here.
Nice to hear that lots of people are fascinated with the city of smiles. another thing to note which few might have not noticed: bacolod and negros occidental is globally known as the “mecca of Filipino Martial Arts (FMA)”. Most well known martial artists such as remy presas (founder of International Modern Arnis Federation)and mike vasquez (founder of modified karate and modified tapado)to name a few came from bacolod and Negros Occidental. Foreigners visit Bacolod to study the art and were also wowed with the beauty and grace of Bacolodnons.
congrat city of smile,it deserve naturally.Try to visit La carlota city southern part of bacolod city,greener place and drum beating festivity beautiful spot.
ganun ba…hmm congrats to all the people of bacolod and negros…basta namit gd ya ang inasal sa negros…kng may tinion side trip kmo sa silay and try to have our native delicacies…heheheh
yeh, congrats sa taga Negros, eventhough im from Iloilo but i love bacolod as my second home. I like the culture. yehh bacolod city will be the next Cebu or even Davao in terms of economic progress.
I read sa Sunday Inquirer Magazine that Iloilo is an “inasal city” because of their specialty. Does that mean gin sunod sang Bacolod ang inasal sang Iloilo? I’m just curious as to where inasal really got its start.
just got the time to browse your blog again. i find it funny, BIG TIME, that the cities mentioned above are on te list. these cities, with due respect, did not pass my standards. some people would get mad at me, but hey, am just stating facts. peace!
anyways, bacoleños and negrenses accept defeat. til the next results! LOL.
To Robert Espino : I love Davao too! My mom’s roots is from the largest city in the world (in terms of land area) with the biggest eagle, the biggest orchid and the biggest (bad-smelling but yummy) durian.
@ Tikalon : Bacolod and Iloilo has a lot of similarities in terms of culture and food knowing that a lot of us Negrenses came from Panay Island.
Inasal was popularized and tagged after Bacolod while the famous La Paz batchoy for Iloilo. I haven’t read the Inquirer feature but maybe the term ‘inasal city’ was just used as an adjective to describe Iloilo where you can see a lot chicken in the grill.
Where in the Philippines is inasal not known, anyway? But as to the taste, NOTHING beats OURS!
I’ll be home soon and will be eating a lot of inasal!
CIAO!
as far I know truly that the city of bacolod is best place to live
my unlce was in bacolod he noticed that is good live,compare he was live in city in Luzon.
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