A 2000 Harvard study shows that Metro Manila is one of the fastest growing metropolises in the world at 60 persons per hour, due mainly to in-migration. Delhi, India’s largest city and one of the most populated in the world, grows at 47 persons per hour.

Metro Manila is a spectacular view of migration. Tens of thousands walk along the pedestrian walkways of Ayala Avenue, hurrying to lineup in designated waiting sheds for a bus, jeepney, or UV express. On the other side of the Megalopolis, hundreds of thousands of people walk along invisible sidewalks, often in the middle of car-laden roads. During downpours, after office hours means wading in the flood. Moreover, the queuing at the MRT extends beyond the station itself, most especially in Taft, Ayala, and North Avenue station. It is a movement of about 16 million people in a less than 50 kilometer radius, a shuffle of travel among work, home, school, worship and recreation.

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