Quote Originally Posted by vinj View Post
Exactly! Plan for the short and long term. My sister for example, maintains a decent townhouse in the middle of the city but they already purchased a lot outside of the metro in which they plan to build on and move to in ten years (when their kids graduate from college). In my case, i'm gravitating towards the same plan.

The south is developing well now of course (especially Sta. Rosa) but in my case, I'm really leaning towards building somewhere in the north later on. Would be good if they got that North Rail project running.



True that. My wife grew up in a small home while i grew up in a larger home. I get attracted to small to medium size dwellings while she dreams of a large home with gardens (eh galit na galit na ako sa pagwawalis ng dahon at pagupit ng damo).
Good plan, Vinj. But just some quick info re: Northrail which I had a chance to be part of early in my career:

1. There's no cohesive plan by government to resolve the right-of-way issues needed by the project. In short, ayaw maglabas or walang mailabas na pera.

2. There have been several suppliers who've proposed to construct, operate and maintain the project on turnkey basis (para halos walang gastos ang gov), but most of them have given up due to the lack of momentum and ever-changing policy directions from DOTC and BCDA (then the lead agency)

3. Northrail has been in the pipeline of the government since 1998 (Ramos' Presidency) and it hasn't moved from drawings and studies since then so....draw your own conclusions. Back then, Northrail was envisioned to be a rapid rail system connecting NAIA to Clark International Airport.