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Higher Order Services: The AMSCO textbook states, "Higher-order services are usually expensive, need a large number of people to support, and are only occasionally utilized. Examples include major sports teams, large malls, luxury car dealerships, and large specialized research hospitals." Gilas Pilipinas is an international major basketball team from the Philippines. The Philippine Institute of Sports Complex is a national sports complex in the Philippines. The SM Mall of Asia is the largest mall in the Philippines. There are quite a few luxury car dealerships in the Philippines, one of which is "Luxury Cars Malina."
Lower Order Services: The AMSCO textbook states, "Lower-order services are usually less expensive than higher-order services, require a small population to support, and are used on a daily or weekly basis. Examples include gas stations, local grocery stores, or small restaurants." There are many gas stations in the Philippines. The three most popular are Petron, Shell, and Seaoil. There are many grocery stores in the Philippines, some include All Day Supermarket (Villar Group), Budgetlane, Chain Mart, Citimart, City Supermarket, Inc., Ever Supermarket, and Fisher Supermarket.
Primate City: The AMSCO textbook states, "If the largest city in an urban system is more than twice as large as the next largest city, the largest city is said to have primacy, or be a primate city." The Philippines doesn't have a primate city. The largest city is Quezon City, but it is not twice as large as the second largest city, Malina.
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