This is Cagayan de Oro…

Progressive.

Cagayan de Oro City is the development center of Region 10. It is the hub for business, trade and services in the Cagayan-Iligan Corridor. The annual growth rate is 2.8%. Several advertising firms, local bases of big TV and radio networks, call centers, and I.T. firms have set up shop here.

Low-Cost of Living.

Who says that quality has to dent your pocket? Rent a whole house in Cagayan de Oro for the price of a “bedspace” in Manila or Cebu! Dine and drink in style with two of your best buds and get a mere P500 tab! Or if you are into the whole tiangge culture, weekend nights lead to the Night Café in the downtown where a flea market and al fresco eateries abound. Your hard-earned peso goes a long way here in Cagayan.

Cosmopolitan.

Cagayan de Oro has all the basics as well as luxuries of first-rate cities. Banks, gyms, spas, and hotels dot the city. Restaurants from the humble corner diner offering sinugba and puso to posh cafes and bars give the city an air of cool sans “attitude.” Mallers can troop to the Limketkai Center, SM City and Gaisano City for their shopping needs. And the cabs here are actually Toyota Altises!

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Connected.

Turn a corner and there’s an Internet café. Walk 15 steps and there’s another one. A city of more than half-a-million really takes its surfing, chatting and gaming needs quiet seriously. Mobile phones and services and ISPs get Cagayanons absolutely wired, with a clear window to the world.

Beautiful Inside and Out.

Visit the fascinating St. Augustine’s Cathedral and the finely-landscaped Gaston Park. Go caving at Makahambus Cave and water rafting at Malasag. Lanzones junkies can hop to Camiguin Island. Rolling hills and pineapple plantations make the clime cooler and the air sweeter in Cagayan de Oro City.

Cagayanons have a ready smile and a helping hand to everyone. Peace-loving and laid back, people here are charming and love sharing a laugh over conversations and beer. No wonder, Pinoys, Americans, Europeans and Koreans head to Cagayan to chill and later, to stay for good.