Where we live, with an approx. population of 868,000 now, , we come to figure out that Customer Service and/or Medical Patient Service isn't nearly as good as the "much less populated" areas we've lived in in two other states. Of course, large cities/high populations have big companies. So, with a college degree and experience, the salaries are much better. But, I still think more attention is paid to customers and medical patients in smaller populated areas. I've now lived in both, high populated and lower populated areas, so I've been able to compare both. Currently, we are looking at moving back to a much lower populated area in eastern Colorado. One city's population now is 90,000 and the other is 71,000. These two are much less populated than where we are now. My wife grew up in a "small town" environment outside of Detroit, Michigan and the closest town to the farm I lived on had a little over 1,000 people living in it. Shoot, the biggest city that our farm was close to, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, currently has 257,000 population. That's a quarter of the population of where we live now! So, what do you thin? Smaller better than bigger?
I live in Fresno which has a population of about 520,000, I also live in the northeast part of town which is the Best part of the city. I don't know what the population is in my zipcode but that's all I consider. I seldom venture Past my area, I have no need to. Everything I need is within a 10-15 mile radius. I get great service everywhere. Love my Dr. The best hospital is in my area also. The smallest town I ever lived in had a population of about 6000 and I was in my 30's and didn't really need a dr too much. I don't remember using the pediatrician in that town but going further to a bigger town but can't remember the reason why.
In Metro Manila which is the centerpoint of population in our country, it is a given that medical service by government hospitals and institutions are not that good due to the big number of those seeking medical help. However, the service in the provinces cannot be said better than here in the city because hospitals in the rural areas lack equipment and specialists. It seems that most provincial hospitals can handle only regular cases but not special cases like kidney dialysis or orthopedic cases. This is a first hand account of my husband and I will not specify the province to avoid legal problems. It happened sometime in 1979 when my husband went to a health center manned by a nurse and a doctor. The doctor was drinking gin on the side. And although he was not seen by the patients, everybody in town knew what he was doing - he drinks everyday while on duty. The nurse has a stock of medicine in her home that is almost the drug store in that town. Any prescribed drug would be bought in the nurse's house even if the government provides free medicines. I don't know how to describe it but certainly the townspeople were being shortchanged. I hope that is not happening anymore in the provinces.