00:00When my dad had a brain tumor and then we didn't have money to pay rent and such, they moved here to the province.
00:28Before the pandemic, Mikey returned to the province and worked there.
00:33I decided to live here in the province.
00:36The traffic in Manila is not right and it's very chaotic.
00:42In our province, it's very safe.
00:44In 2007, Toto Madayag and her husband started working in Metro Manila.
00:50But as their son grew up, they felt the difference in life here in the province and in the province.
00:57I think there was one time, there were several times that I was out of the office at 5 p.m. but I got home around 8 or 9 p.m.
01:08And that's just for a 5-kilometer distance from your house to the office.
01:16They say buying and utilities in Metro Manila is more expensive.
01:20That's why in 2018, he built a house in the province.
01:24Everything is a lot cheaper here in the province because this is a farming community.
01:32Sometimes, we just ask for water spinach, chili, and long chili here where there are plants.
01:40The air is fresh, the houses are not clogged.
01:43According to a property consultant firm, even if someone leaves Metro Manila, many still move here to work.
01:51What we're really trying to say is that there are more investments that are going outside of Metro Manila as compared to before.
02:00The houses and land outside of the NCR are cheaper.
02:04If the 50-square-meter house outside of Metro Manila is worth Php 5 million,
02:09in the NCR, it will double or even triple.
02:13And condominiums are the same and not houses.
02:16Like Cavite, Pampanga, and Bulacan are the places that are limited to moving.
02:22The work-from-home setup during the pandemic became an opportunity for others to work outside of the NCR.
02:30People have also realized that they have other means of making money outside of the usual employment.
02:36So now, they are more comfortable investing in condos or houses outside of Metro Manila.
02:43Katrina Son reporting for GMA Integrated News.
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