The rise of nanometers

Dacheng Road in Fengtai District, near Weijia Village.

Wang Lu, who has been drifting in Beijing for five years, still lives in a cheap underground cubicle. She rarely has a day off on weekends. She and her boyfriend Du Tianfeng stroll in this bustling city.

Although housing prices in Peiping have dropped by about 24%, the high prices are still not affordable for the two of them.

The two of them found jobs in Peiping as soon as they graduated and worked hard in Peiping for five years. Although they had saved nearly 450,000 yuan in savings, their lives were still tight.

As they walked, they unknowingly came to the vicinity of the Happy Water Rubik's Cube. The traffic here was quite crowded on weekends, and neither of them had any intention of going in to join in the fun.

Wang Lu sat on a bench under the shade of a tree, took a sip of boiled water, then looked up to the sky and closed her eyes and said, "I always feel out of place here, Tianfeng, let's go home and get married!"

"...Um?" Du Tianfeng was stunned for a moment and hesitated: "Xiaolu, do you really plan to go home and get married?"

Wang Lu calmly asked, "What else? Do you plan to drift here for the rest of your life?"

The two of them fell silent and looked at the streets with people coming and going. This city made of reinforced concrete was like a cage, locking up everyone who came here.

After taking another sip of boiled water, Wang Lu said in despair: "We are like a gear, but a dispensable part of this city. There is no soil for us to return to our roots here, only the cold cement floor."

"But I just got promoted. Maybe if I work for a few more years, I can collect enough for the down payment." Du Tianfeng was still unwilling.

The current house price in Fengtai District is about 23,000 per square meter. If you buy a 100-square-meter house and take a loan, the down payment will be about 700,000, and the installment payment will be 28 years, which means you have to pay more than 9,000 per month.

"Tianfeng, have you calculated the housing prices in Cangzhou?"

Du Tianfeng took out his mobile phone and found the house prices in his hometown of Cangzhou. He found that the real estate prices in Cangzhou were on the low side, especially the first commercial housing purchased from Feipeng Group. The average price was 4,320 per square meter.

The two of them have 450,000 yuan in savings, which is enough to buy a commercial house of 100 square meters. Moreover, Feipeng Group's commercial houses do not count the shared area. The usable area of ​​100 square meters is enough for a young couple to live.

Du Tianfeng looked at the time map again. In fact, his hometown is in Qingxian County, Cangzhou. The straight-line distance from the urban area of ​​​​Beiping is about 145 kilometers, and the distance by highway is about 180 kilometers.

In addition, Feipeng Group, China Railway Group and Postal Group have recently expanded the suspended light rail network in North China on a large scale.

The suspended light rail from Qingxian County to Peiping is expected to be completed by the end of this year. By then, the distance between the two places will be only about 166 kilometers, and a trip will only take 30 to 50 minutes.

He checked Feipeng Group's passenger fares, which were usually 1 yuan within 5 kilometers, and then added 1 yuan for every 10 kilometers.

The total distance from Qingxian County to Peiping is 166 kilometers, and the price is 17.1 yuan, which is cheaper than taking a taxi. Plus he is a member of Time Blog, so he can get a 55% discount.

It is completely possible to work in Peiping and then live in my hometown.

After thinking about this, Du Tianfeng said: "Xiaolu, I've made up my mind, I'll go home and buy a house and get married."

"Are you sure?" Wang Lu stared at her boyfriend with bright eyes.

Seeing that Du Tianfeng was a little uncomfortable, he expressed his thoughts: "The suspended light rail between Qingxian and Beiping will be opened soon. It will only cost more than ten yuan per trip. I better get up early, and I can arrive at the company before eight o'clock. of."

"That's true." Wang Lu suddenly realized.

The explosive development of science and technology has broken the distance between cities and blurred the boundaries between cities.

With the construction of high-speed rail, light rail, super highways and undersea tunnels, the traffic speed between Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and a number of provincial capital cities is getting faster and faster.

For example, in the Pearl River Delta and eastern Guangdong regions, which were the first to launch regional integration, it only takes about 60 to 90 minutes to go from Chaozhou in the east to Pengcheng.

As for Shanmei, which has the most complete infrastructure built by the Sui people, it takes less than half an hour to go to Pengcheng, Yangcheng, and Tuocheng.

The emergence of the one-hour economic circle has once again made it difficult for housing prices in big cities to maintain high prices.

Super-large academy cities, welfare institutions, and hospitals have blossomed in second-, third-, and fourth-tier cities, further weakening the advantages of large cities.

At present, only some of the economic advantages of big cities remain. Of course, the plummeting housing prices are conducive to industrial development from another perspective.

This trend is conducive to the development of small cities. The return of the population will inevitably promote the improvement of local consumption power and promote the vigorous development of the service industry.

Many new small businesses no longer cluster in big cities, but choose to live in small cities 50 to 150 kilometers around big cities.

Because within the one-hour economic circle, it can actually be equivalent to working in a big city, and living in a small city does not have to have a high cost of living.

If you work for Suiren, Huawei, or a state-owned enterprise, it is actually the same everywhere. These enterprises are basically self-contained and are not affected by market fluctuations.

The individual service industries that rely on these internal circulation enterprises are also developing rapidly and coming together.

The development of high-speed transportation will inevitably force the decline of large cities. Unless the development of high-speed transportation is prohibited, this trend is irreversible.

Of course, this development trend is actually an opportunity for big cities to be reborn. The key is to find their own positioning. After squeezing out the housing prices, big cities still have certain talents, infrastructure and economic advantages.

It’s just that in this process, if you can’t find your own position correctly, you may decline quickly.

Peiping can sit back and relax. After all, there are natural advantages here, but this is not necessarily the case in other big cities.

Young people like Du Tianfeng and Wang Lu are moving to surrounding small cities one after another, which is an unstoppable trend.

The development of technology and infrastructure and the awakening of people's minds have brought about an inevitable wave of counter-urbanization.

After the two made up their mind, Du Tianfeng applied to his supervisor for two days of rest and took a ride back to Qingxian County, Cangzhou.

Qingxian County is located between Jinghai District and Cangzhou City in Tianjin City. Roads, railways and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal all pass through here.

The Suiren Department's large-scale investment in Hebei Province has allowed the local area to develop very rapidly in recent years. For example, Long Totem's electronic product foundry has one in Cangzhou City.

Returning to his hometown again, Du Tianfeng took a breath of fresh air. The local environment was getting better and better. It was no longer like before, and the air was filled with gray.

Obviously, the development of environmental protection technology in recent years, coupled with sufficient water resources, has turned Qingxian County into a truly green water and green mountain.

Du Tianfeng's parents are farmers and have a house in the countryside. After he settled his luggage at home, he and Wang Lu went to the county town.

When it comes to buying a house, the two of them have the same opinion, which is to first look at the Feipeng Group's properties.

They took the light rail and went directly to Feipeng's local sales office. When the salesman took the two people to the building, they visited Feipeng's commercial housing.

The interior of this 112-square-meter commercial house has been renovated. The interior of the house with zero shared area looks very spacious.

In addition, after purchasing a house, you can purchase electrical appliances, cars, etc. from major franchise brands and get a 20% discount for one year.

After looking at 6 houses with different decoration styles, Du Tianfeng and Wang Lu finally chose a house with a sci-fi style.

Standing on the balcony, Du Tianfeng looked at the Grand Canal flowing northward not far away, opened his hands and shouted, as if embracing the wave of the times.

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