Quote Originally Posted by simplicity View Post
well, do you live in makati ba? if you do, you'll know that it's as unsafe as in quiapo.
maybe you only looked at glorietta or makati CBD. that is not makati, that is AYALA. hehehe...
Nope, I just work here. My wife used to be a pediatrician at Ospital ng Makati and I had a clinic at Cembo before. My child goes to Collegio San Agustin and every day we pass through either C5 going to ayala/makati avenue. I frequent malls such as Makati Cinema Square, Glorietta, Walter mart.

So maybe you're right, I haven't been exposed much to other areas of Makati BUT it's been my experience that I only tried to commute from Marikina to Makati one time when my car's aircon wouldn't work (you can read about this at the Rapide thread, he he he...) and got held up at Cubao immediately.

We've commuted to Cembo/Rembo now and then for four years but never have we experienced any untoward incidents and I've been a regular of the Makati malls since I was in highschool and I was lucky enough not to encounter any of the "worse" elements in Makati.

Now, when I go to Quiapo or Cubao, I frequently check my backpockets to check if my wallet's still there and I hide some of my money in my socks just to be sure.

I'm not saying that Makati is a crime-free city, but at least one of its districts (CBD) is again one of the safer cities here in metro manila. You can walk along Amorsolo street with you samsung omina II in your hand and skull candy in your head without getting harrassed. Try to do that in Quiapo, Sucat, España, East Avenue, or Cubao and (at least) I would be constantly checking my sides.