My life living in an urban village in Guangzhou

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Guangzhou’s urban village is a magical place.

It is different from first-tier cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing. If you live near the city center, most of the rents are ridiculously high. You may have to hand over half of your monthly salary to the landlord, just like working hard to support yourself. Local Landlord.

One of the lovely things about Guangzhou is that the urban villages are located very close to the city center. There are densely distributed subways and even convenient BRT buses. Even if you live in an urban village, you can still travel there. You can send it directly to the company downstairs, and the rent is relatively affordable.

The only regret is that many urban villages in Guangzhou are filled with endless dark and damp alleys. These are the Zhatui tribe of outsiders and junior office workers who never see the light of day (higher-end office workers). ethnic groups, most of them choose community housing).

Once it rains, the entire alley will be covered with yellow mud, and the rain will turn the unpaved ground into mud. It's okay to wear flat shoes, but if you wear high heels, you have to stop almost as soon as you walk, look down to see if the toes of the shoes are dirty, and see if there is any water in them, and then look back to see if the clothes behind you have been stained by cement and mud splashed by the high heels. . Every time at this time, I feel so distressed.

If you are lucky, you can rent a house near the road, but you have to pay a price, that is, the rent is relatively high. In Guangzhou, a city where land is at a premium, just like other first-tier cities, if you want to see the sunshine for the first time after waking up, you have to pay a little more. But when the weather is bad, at least the road is much easier to walk.

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Landlords in Guangzhou are not very diligent. They will not decorate the house to look good, or make it more beautiful with secondary processing, or put in some decent furniture. Anyway, you like to rent it. If they don’t rent, they don’t wait for the money to be spent.

Of course, this also has its advantages. The rents offered by local first-hand landlords who are not minded are relatively cheap, which is a good thing for compact office workers.

Unfortunately, most of the houses in urban villages are now "kept" by second-hand landlords. Rental of second-hand houses is a profitable market, so outsiders negotiate with local landlords to contract the entire building, pay the rent to the local landlord on time and in one go, and take charge of the management. The local landlord was so happy that he stepped aside and became the shopkeeper.

After the second-hand landlords contracted the entire building, they would not be idle. They would specially decorate the house, make it clean, and then buy simple furniture from second-hand stores to display it. As a result, the rent will increase a lot. Nowadays, it is more difficult than before to find a cheap and good house in an urban village in Guangzhou.

From studying to working, I stayed in Guangzhou for seven or eight years and never left. I also moved five or six times. If you want to find a cost-effective rental house in an urban village in Guangzhou, I have a little suggestion for you. That is, try to find it on the bulletin board of a nearby urban village.

If you search online, you will definitely find that many of them are agency properties or unreliable information, and there are even teams of scammers who specialize in defrauding you of your deposit, except for subletting for some personal reasons. There is also a trick to searching on the bulletin board. If you want to find a house with a first-hand landlord, be sure to remember to look for the one with handwriting, or even the handwriting is very sloppy and ugly, among the many house listing stickers to call.

This is based on experience, or a friend told me. Every time he finds a house, it is cheap, good, and very cost-effective. It depends on this method. Why? Because if you are a second-hand landlord, his time is very precious as he makes a living. Generally, he will not write the rental stickers himself, but print them out directly and then post them in many places. Local landlords are different. Usually they are leisurely and elderly. They don't know how to mess around with computers. They just take a piece of paper and write casually and then post it.

This little trick sounds simple, but it is super practical.

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When I first started living in Guangzhou, I didn’t think there was anything good about this city. Anyway, it’s close to home and it’s convenient to go home during the holidays. At that time, I was envious of other first-tier cities that were more prosperous, challenging and exciting. Later, through some friends and online information, I learned that compared to other cities, Guangzhou is really very suitable for living and working.

Guangzhou is a city that combines prosperity and common people. Unlike Shenzhen, housing prices are extremely high, and the overall cost of living is naturally high.

Lin Jianqing and Fang Xiaoxiao from the recently hit movie "The Next Us" live in Beijing. The rented house is only a small square with no sunlight and air. The door is so fragile that it seems to collapse if pushed hard. , it’s simply depressing.

In Guangzhou, as long as the rent does not exceed 1,000 yuan, you can rent a nice house in an urban village. My friend and I now live in a 1-bedroom apartment on the 6th floor. There is no shelter in the room, so you can happily wake up to the sunshine in the morning. The balcony can be used to put a washing machine, dry clothes, and plant plants. The air is also very good. When I stayed here, I felt completely comfortable and not at all depressed. Because we are a first-hand landlord, our monthly rent is only 700, which allows us to get pretty good living conditions at a lower cost.

In short, whether you have money or not, whether you have successfully counterattacked or are on the road to struggle, Guangzhou can accommodate you. She doesn't care who you are, she treats you equally.

Guangzhou is a city that combines slow and fast pace. I live in an urban village in Shenzhen, and I have to take the subway for two to three hours to get off work every day. All my time is wasted in the physical and mental exhaustion of squeezing the subway. In Guangzhou’s urban villages, as long as the place you rent is reasonable, your commute during peak hours will generally not take more than two hours.

You may have to work non-stop, stay up late, and work overtime on weekends, but living in Guangzhou, you can feel the city calling you to slow down from time to time.

There are teahouses everywhere. Many Guangzhou people like to have morning tea, leisurely read the newspaper, chat with the three aunts and six wives, make tea, and may take two or three hours to have breakfast; many young people with exquisite makeup People gather by the Pearl River to drink and play after get off work or on weekends, and "waste" their time happily...

Time slows down little by little. She calls on you, while working hard in life, don't forget to enjoy it. life now.

Living in Guangzhou and working hard in Guangzhou, the tiredness of the usual busy schedule will be diluted and taken away by the comfortable environment. Here, when you open the door, you will see the world, and when you close the door, you will see the temple.

If you want to leave your hometown and work hard, if you are confused and don’t know which city to choose, maybe you can try Guangzhou.

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