A Fifth of China’s Homes Are Empty (2018)

Re:A Fifth of China’s Homes Are Empty (2018) by fossuser on Thursday January 17, 2019 @07:57PM (#18936122)

I wonder if part of this is a cultural thing and I'm not sure if apartments count as homes.

I've heard from friends in the bay area that immigrated from China that buying a house is a prerequisite for a man to get married (so family often helps since bay area housing is crazy).

Supposedly this leads to distortions in the Chinese market where rental units are relatively cheap, but purchasing costs are very high.

Maybe an apartment doesn't meet the marriage requirement for a housing purchase?

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Re:A Fifth of China’s Homes Are Empty (2018) by swuecho on Thursday January 17, 2019 @08:02PM (#18936153)

school are allocated based on house. rental apartment does not cout.

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Re:A Fifth of China’s Homes Are Empty (2018) by thaumasiotes on Thursday January 17, 2019 @08:28PM (#18936287)

As far as I know, school is allocated based on your hukou, and whether you own a house is irrelevant. (Except that in most places, owning a house is sufficient to get a local hukou.)

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Re:A Fifth of China’s Homes Are Empty (2018) by alextooter on Friday January 18, 2019 @10:26AM (#18939897)

Good school need you have a house or apartment within 500 meters.Those apartment may three times or more expensive than normal one.

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