The eagle flies high DAVAO CITY RANKED 7TH IN WORLD’S BEST WORK CITIES

By Manny Pinol

Davao City, already ranked as among the Top 10 Most Livable cities in the world because of unequalled peace and security, has been rated No. 7 among the best cities in the world to work in remotely.

Nomad’s List, a website which rates cities all over the world based on how ideal they are as working areas, placed Thailand’s Chiang Mai City on top of the list followed by Prague in the Czech Republic.

Davao City came in No. 7, earning the distinction of being the only city in the Philippines to be included in the Top 10 in contrast to Thailand which has two – Chiang Mai and Bangkok.

Coming in the 10th place is a largely unknown city in Indonesia, Ubud.

The NomadList rated the cities considered as the best to work in remotely by combining Internet data speed, cost of housing and food, and local weather conditions.

The latest distinction earned by Davao, touted as the largest city in the world in land area and biggest city in the southern island of Mindanao, has once again brought to the spotlight its colorful and controversial mayor, Rody Duterte, whose unique style of governance has made the city one of the safest places in the Philippines.

For years now, Davao City has served as the microcosm of what most Filipinos would like the Philippines to be, a country where people religiously observe the laws and ordinances, including the ban on smoking in public places and stringent speed limits.

Here is the article about the NomadList rating on the Top 10 Best Cities on Earth to Work Remotely.

“The Top 10 Best Places To Work Remotely

At least according to NomadList.

By Chris Gayomali

Here’s a fun exercise. By combining niceties like Internet data speed, the cost of housing and food, and local weather conditions, NomadList has tallied up a list of the best places on Earth from which to work remotely. The top 10?

1. Chiang Mai, Thailand

2. Prague, Czech Republic

3. Bangkok, Thailand

4. Hoi An, Vietnam

5. Belgrade, Serbia

6. Riga, Latvia

7. Davao, Philippines

8. Zagreb, Croatia

9. Sofia, Bulgaria

10. Ubud, Indonesia

All very chill sitches. But let’s take Chiang Mai, where food and housing will run you about $648 monthly.

There’s a large expat community there (even if a considerable chunk of it is purportedly creepy old Western dudes), and the weather is a little more temperate than, say, Bangkok. You’ll eat well, too.

Yet there are other factors working against Chiang Mai. Unless your company’s headquarters is in Asia, you will probably be on an opposite time schedule from the rest of your colleagues. And traveling anywhere else from Chiang Mai is a headache. By bus or train, you are a full 24 hours away from the nearest beach. In other words: You’re pretty much stuck.

Then again, rather than working remotely, you may be better off using all of your vacation time to actually travel. Tell your boss it will make you a happier, more productive employee in the long run. There’s nothing wrong with taking some time to unplug.”

(Photo credit: Mt. Apo at 6 a.m. Kiwi Bulaclac)