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Austin's avatar

Educational dave, thanks

Bill's avatar

Understanding this explains why China loves building expressways, high speed rail and power plants….infrastructure increases opportunity.

Acorn Analyst's avatar

You're right about low-tier rent being cheap.

I live in a low-tier farming town in the Huangshan/Yellow Mountain foothills in Anhui. 60,000 people live in this town. My 3-bedroom penthouse apartment in an 8-year-old mid-rise (9 stories, view of farmland then mountain ridges to the north) would rent for 1000 yuan (about USD 120 or so). And that's for a nice apartment with a view to die for, straight from a Chinese misty-mountain painting.