Dreams On Borrowed Land. Baseco, Manila, Philippines

Vincente, 57

Baseco, once an industrial dockyard, is now a dense urban settlement where 60,000 people live on reclaimed land. It reflects a broader Philippine trend: rural workers migrate to cities like Manila seeking opportunity, but face overcrowding and poor infrastructure. Baseco symbolizes how the promise of urban life collides with precarity—yet also with resilience and community.

 

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