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.

Please Xi my people yearn for freedom

One thing I’m interested about is with the growth of high speed rail, how accessible these places are from the nearest major city. China seems to be a great case study in how HSR can spread development and wealth between urban centers and peripheral areas

Yeh my early 30s friend retired to chengdu from bj and has actually saved up enough to travel to Spain for a year, too

In the US you can purchase a house on a city lot for 3 years' worth of a modest income, just not in a big city.