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Jesse69
Joined 2014
Posts: 5

9 years ago

Would I Be Happy Living in QUezon City?

9 years ago

I'm unhappy in USA getting $1171 monthly SSDI, as I've been long term unemployed since August 15, 2008. I lived rent free in a beautiful 3 story Wicker Park house in CHicago. All supported by my Parent's Pension. Then my mom died and my brother is selling the house on me. Now I have to temporarily move to Houston and sell 95% off my possessions there. I probably can't risk getting a job, as since Dec 1992 I only have 5.79 years technical work history and my jobs never last long. I could try to work in Houston, but that could cut off the security of getting SSDI.

I have a BSME degree and I had worked doing CAD, Some Product Design, and Technical Writing. It sure is hard to get a job in America's current bad economy, and companies discriminate against me for being long term unemployed. I fill in the unemployment gap saying I did freelance work, but an income verification will show I earned no money.

So life will suck going from living in a hot neighborhood in Chicago with a lot of possessions to living in our small $18,000 house in our cousin's lot in Quezon City in Project 6. It's a great area to live in with a nearby fresh market, cheap groceries, Circle C and SM North Edsa Mall nearby. I would just have 6 bikes and two computers from America.

The biggest change in my life is that I will almost have no purpose in life, except to eat good food, play video games, and browse the internet. I can try doing freelance work online but if I make too much it would jeopardize my SSDI. I'm 45 now and not working for the rest of my life sounds boring.

What can I do in Manila / Quezon City for fun? Going to the Mall often gets boring. What can I do in Quezon City that would make life have purpose? Maybe I'll go to church everyday and help out in my Aunt's Legion of Mary... What else?

Here's the possible cut of my expenses monthly:
ssdi 1171
rent 200
electricity 30
internet 45
water 10
food 280
Owen - help for car 60
storage fee USA 150
psychiatrist 15
psych medicine 20

Leftover 1 $361 monthly for enjoyment of savings.

Can I marry a Filipino woman and keep my SSDI? Will the US Gov me me $300 more per month for a Filipino child?

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