As China’s economy slows, some young people are snapping up cheap apartments to ‘retire’ early
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Some are flocking to places like Hegang, a cold and remote coal mining city in northeastern China famous for shockingly cheap housing prices. [...] A one-bedroom apartment can be bought for $3,000, and $13,000 can buy a roomy four-bedroom place.
Depending on expenses that month, 2/3-3/4 of my cost of living is rent.