When you dont downgrade living in PH is quite expensive

I am living in a premiere 60sqm condo in Cebu City with western lifestyle quality of life and my spending each month is about 200K PHP

I came to the conclusion that PH is surprisingly not much cheaper then western world if you dont downgrade

so when you hear youtuber like you can life in PH with 800 USD like a king is more or less a lie or they didnt tell you that you need downgrade a lot

PH shows you once more you get what you pay for and there is no free lunch here