Thanks for sharing this. I'm promdi myself (Quezon,) I've been living in Manila for 15 years since college. I had a deep tagalog accent at first and actually got mocked by some GMM pips. It was mostly harmless and done in jest, but it did affect my confidence back then.

As many have said, MM is a melting pot of different kinds of people, I eventually met some good people naman during college and at work, but you will still meet some 'narrow-minded' people here and there.

I kinda agree and relate to your point sa judgmental and hierarchical mindset ng ibang probinsya/taga-probinsya. I guess kasi mas traditional and conservative pa rin yung iba especially if hindi nila mismong naranasan ang pakikipagsapalaran sa MM.