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12 comments on “Ormoc City”

Moving towards ANY city, one must always consider one’s basic necessities. These may include basic utilities, education, health care facilities, housing costs, and the such. Living in my city also means a taste of the province life. With the city not as populated compared to highly urbanized capitals, you get to experience how it is to live simply. Given that the city is just little, one has easy access to entertainment, sporting events, to malls, parks, gyms,, etc.

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Ormoc City is a safe and peaceful place, where every citizen is friendly and disciplined. It is a small and quiet city, but you can find malls and pubs if you want to shop and party. If you are the adventurous type, the city also offers mountains if you want to hike and smell the breeze of fresh air.

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Our city has many breathtakingly beautiful spots. It is not the biggest city in the country but it is a thriving one. Ultimately, Ormoc City is known for its beautiful people called Ormocanons. Ormocanons are not only physically beautiful but we are also tagged as beautiful because of our hospitality, among others. it’s more fun in Ormoc City!

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Ormoc City is a beautiful and scenic city. There are lots of tourist spots you can visit. These include mountainscapes and seascapes such as lakes, falls, flowing rivers, visiting orchards, and hiking on mountains. The most famous is Lake Danao where you can enjoy lots of amenities like the floating cottage and area viewing.

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Ormoc City is one of the safest cities known in the Eastern Visayas Region. It has improved its security and roadways for motorists to be safe while travelling at night. It has wonderful scenery that can offer a wide variety of experiences to a tourist. And people of the city are friendly.

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There is an ordinance passed prohibiting smoking cigarettes in public places all over the city’s territory. Any person violating such ordinance will be fined 1,000 pesos or imprisoned for six months or both at the discretion of the judge. Ormoc City is still a fairly small city so there are things which big cities have cannot be found in Ormoc City.

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Our city is the “City of Beautiful People”. Being known as a city with beautiful people gives tourists and locals an idea of having hospitable and kind people. There are so many beautiful and amazing places to visit that will make your journey as a tourist to be memorable and exciting.

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our city, Ormoc, has a nice and hospitable citizens. One could be more happy moving here and he/she could feel comfortable staying here. If one could move here and stayed at the heart of the city, he/she could freely roam around it if he/she wants to go out or buy the things that he/she wanted.

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Our city is most commonly recognized for its hospitality and good works. Our city is named as “The City of Beautiful People”. Because of the city’s beauty, many tourists were able to experience what nature really is. There are a lot of amazing and wonderful places to tour. There are also many foods to eat which are also in demand in our country.

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The person that wants to move to this prosperous city should consider how does he/she fits and can make his life more comfortable knowing what is the standard cost of living in here. He should see to it that he can have a job and create a good career for himself. He should also consider and know first the economic growth, political state, rates of crime, and the opportunities such as businesses that can make him more progressive to achieve things that he wants.

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Ormoc City is known for its hospitable and approachable residents. It features Filipino cuisine in the most unfiltered way. It also values crops such as pineapple and corn. Ormoc is a gateway to the other provinces and the big city of Cebu. One can travel through air or sea. One should note that Ormoc is a city of peace, promise, and ethereal beauty.

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Our city is not that big but it will make you feel amazed how clean and well the city is, you can see and feel how great our society is and how beautiful the people of ormoc city is. We may not have the most to be the a wonderful city but living here can make you feel contented and happy.

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