1. Everything seems to look organized... pero, wala kang kapitbahay;
Have you ever noticed the fact that - you don't really know your immediate neighbor or kapitbahay?
2. There is no real community spirit;
Of course there is a community, but in reality, it is just a cluster of homes in one area which is basically meant to be just the bedroom of the family. Everyone spends more time outside the subdivisions... only the home workers or maids are really left inside the houses most of the times.
3. Fixed unnecessary cost of living;
Ever noticed the fixed homeowners fee, maintenance fee, security fee, garbage collection fee and the cost of fuel or transportation or travelling one has to put in his/her budget when one needs to live inside a subdivision comfortably.
4. Limitations and restrictions to improve ones house;
Bawal mag drill ng sariling poso, no one can drill ones' own deep well, Nobody can put up a store front very easily, not easy to alter the looks of his house - if a subdivision has an architectural theme, nobody can build an off the grid house which is high energy efficient that can run on solar, wind and earth ground free energy; making a practical house that will have solar panels as it's roof, a sustainable vegetable organic garden with it's own composting facility, large windows or glass walls to allow natural lighting and also wind to pass through, and other unorthodox design which will make it virtually off the grid and your own water purification system with your own deep well.
5. Tendency to live in a shell;
People tend to live more independently inside subdivisions or villages... nothing wrong with that for as long as it doesn't affect their budget.
The big picture is...
People seems to make themselves more enslaved to their jobs or work whether overseas or locally in order to upkeep their expensive subdivision living cost.
Let us call this phenomenon for this matter as SLC (Subdivision Living Cost).
The question is begging to be asked right now... How much is your SLC?
For one to have a decent and comfortable life, one should check whether his SLC is bigger than his net worth or Productive Income.
If ones' SLC is bigger... one will only become more enslaved by his present work as an OFW or in many cases... enslaved by debt.
One will be working for the rest of his entire life just to pay interest of his debt to the real estate developer.
The Really Big Picture is...
OFW earnings... = Enslavement with the price of Broken Families + SLC = Exponential Profit and Earnings to the Real Estate Developer.
If an OFW leaves his wife for more than 6 months in a subdivision alone... do you think yuor kapitbahay will keep her from committing adultery?
How can a country even talk about being a strong republic when it's very fiber of society; the family, is systematically destroyed in favor of the politicians and the elites?
Food for thought.
