There is another you in the world - this one has a private car of the latest model, doesn't worry about traffic jams or parking; this one has a house with a balcony facing south, doesn't worry about the price of the house and doesn't think about buying a second; this one is not a literary young man, doesn't drink bottled water and eats on time, weekend with your parents, never rent anything, and don't engage in long-distance relationships. You are a believer in slow living, and have reached the realm of "facing the sea, flowers blossoming in the spring".
Unfortunately, this you, and the reality of the opposite - you up to 10 years of youth rented in 30 square meters of small house, every day with two hours of commuting, a year did not go home to see their parents, only casual acquaintances do not have a confidant, the Internet as your spiritual solace. You habitually complain about the city, every day busy in the work time to steal food, you firmly believe that you are just waiting for the opportunity, until the youth is used up, only to realize that the road of life is getting narrower and narrower.
It all started when you chose to stay in China's most developed city. The sociologist Zheng Yifu said that life is nothing but the pursuit of three states: comfort, excitement, and bull's-eye. in fact, it is also a city selection question: all because of the young you, love adventure than love comfort, love bull's-eye than love comfort, voluntarily enter the life of the most attractive wish, the logic of survival and the most cruel first-tier cities. This is a risky investment: 100 dreamers step into this lake of talent, and 99 of them will always find that "Bull B" is just a bubble.
"Escape from the north to Guangzhou" has become a social buzzword on behalf of those who regret it. The wave of white-collar workers returning to their hometowns is happening at the same time as the wave of migrant workers returning to their hometowns, and you suddenly realize that white-collar workers and migrant workers are the same thing. Housing prices are seen as the main culprit, and there are capsule apartments in Beijing's rental housing and live-in containers in Shenzhen's "rental housing" - when the ants living in containers aren't a fiction but a reality, the society has a sense of absurdity and joy.
As a workaholic, you suddenly understand that, for the sake of career prospects, abandon the life of the future is not valuable, you need not only the growth of experience and salary growth, but also the growth of life; as a dreamer, you suddenly understand, to the second-tier cities to go to the not necessarily a loser, but also may be a unique vision of the ambitious.
Not everyone is unsuitable for first-tier cities, just as not everyone is suitable for second-tier cities. To regain your life, what is needed is not the sadness of fleeing from the north, but a thoughtful renunciation - the first-tier cities will not be damaged by the departure of the losers, you must finally understand that the abandonment of the north is just your personal choice, not only in the choice to make an inflection point in life, but also in the choice of an opportunity that others can not see, the choice of the most suitable for the The next generation of the city's origins.
Among the many reasons, the only thing that is wrong is to see "fleeing" as a tragedy - someone leaving is a win-win situation for both humanity and the city. Some people should not stop in the big city, one step back to life on the sea and the sky; some cities should not become a big city, because the world's happiest, happiest city, often not a big city.
For you, the entanglements and choices that arise within you form 10 reasons to turn around and leave - a process that is a search for self for a person; and for the city you are about to leave or are going to, it is a process of building individuality and finding humanity.
The first-tier city is the jungle, the second-tier city is the dojo
Beijing has hosted the Olympics, Shanghai is in the World Expo, Guangzhou will soon usher in the Asian Games, the north is synchronized with the world, but you have failed to synchronize with them and suffering. North to Guangzhou rely on high prices to obtain dividends, rely on the high threshold of the hukou collection of elites, rely on high prices to squeeze out the mobile population, strong and hidden economic crisis, emotional crisis, interpersonal crisis, is the indifference of the rivers and lakes; the second-tier cities tend to rely on the livability of the breakthrough, and one after another to determine the humane life of the individual champions: Kunming is known for its climate, every day is spring; Changsha is known for its happiness, to the nightclubs, Supergirl and Mango Formation of the attraction of the station; Chengdu is known for its comfort, to enjoy a peach blossom. Chengdu is famous for its comfort, with 100,000 people going to enjoy a peach blossom - in the age of materialism, the first-tier cities are the main battlefield for you; when success becomes a poison, the second-tier cities are the spiritual dojo for you to find your own salvation.
The first-tier city is the spot, the second-tier city is the futures
Globalized brands have long been in the second-tier city, the network world eliminates the asymmetry of information, the metropolitan area so that the first-tier city and the second-tier city to become a life **** the same body, the local media began to awaken consciousness, real estate giants have shifted their attention to the second-tier city-- Go to the first tier to fight for space, go to the second tier to fight for time. Pick a good second-tier city in the ascendant period, the test is to focus on the future vision and time for space of great wisdom. To find a middle way in work and life, go to your inner "1.5 line city", after all, they can become a first-tier city in your lifetime.
The first-tier cities are about IQ, and the second-tier cities are about EQ
There is a common view that the first-tier cities have more opportunities and are relatively fair, and that the second-tier cities have more subterfuge and are about interpersonal relationships. But don't overlook, the first-tier city's opportunities may be false opportunities, fairness may be false fairness - you think it's easier to go to Beijing, in fact, just a small circle of fame; you think you have a high salary in Shanghai, the rest of the year still can't afford to buy a square meter of the house. All cities have unspoken rules, and the whole of China is a society of acquaintances, but there is no city where all opportunities can be blocked at the same time. It's not a bad idea to look at it the other way around: first-tier cities are fighting for IQ, while second-tier cities are fighting for EQ. The only question left is whether your EQ is higher than your IQ.
There is culture in first-tier cities, and leisure in second-tier cities
A survey by Advertising Spectator has confirmed this conclusion: in first-tier cities, 75% of people have dinner from 6pm to 8pm in the evening; in second- and third-tier cities, 70% of people go to dinner from 5pm to 7pm. First-tier cities have white-collar culture, but white-collar workers do not have much time to enjoy - if you spend 2 hours a day on transportation, 1 year counts 30 days; second-tier cities do not have art cinema and drama small theater, the only thing is a lot of dinner earlier than you, sleep later than you have a lot of leisure.
The first-tier city has a sense of superiority, the second-tier city has a sense of belonging
The city is a kind of origin. A large billboard stands outside a neighborhood in Yanjiao, Hebei province: "Without a hukou, how can you go to a good school!" People who buy houses pray for Yanjiao to be incorporated into Beijing, and henceforth have a Beijing hukou. The hukou in the north of Guangzhou, everyone knows the precious, so early for you to set the city threshold - you say you belong to this big city, but no hukou in this city; you say you have the house in this city, in fact, 20 kilometers away from the city center; you say that you have created the value of life in this city, but in fact, the deposit is not as good as the civil servants of the second-tier cities. The tightened first-tier cities can give you a sense of superiority, but the lax second-tier cities can create a sense of belonging to you.
The first-tier city wins in GDP, the second-tier city wins in CPI
The common confusion is: why choose the first-tier city people, take the first-tier salary, but fall into the lower class? Why do people who choose second-tier cities get first-tier tastes of life with second-tier salaries? The newly released "White Paper on the Happiness of Middle Class Families" found that Jiangsu, Sichuan, Fujian and Chongqing have the highest happiness indexes, while the most economically developed cities of Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai and Zhejiang have the lowest happiness indexes, and the first-tier cities have the most "pseudo-happiness" - all because first-tier cities use money to calculate GDP, and second-tier cities use money to calculate GDP, and second-tier cities use money to calculate GDP. Cities with money to calculate the GDP, second-tier cities with happiness to calculate the CPI - a white-collar workers to the second-tier cities, found less than half of the income, savings more than double; urban marketing expert Wang Zhigang cited an example of 10,000 yuan to buy happiness in Shanghai, in Chengdu, 3,000 yuan will be enough.
First-tier cities allow people to see the world, and second-tier cities allow people to broaden their horizons
Writer Xiao Qian said, "Life is a trip without a map." In his book "100 Places to Go in China in a Lifetime," he describes 100 locations that the average Chinese person will never be able to visit. Those who have traveled to first-tier cities to see the world, and second-tier cities to expand their horizons, have the opportunity to become truly knowledgeable about China -- he or she will discover, in the subtleties of Chinese cities, that they are not one-sided, and that China's diversity is hidden in the wells of the city.
First-tier cities are for the niche, second-tier cities are for the lifer
Why are there so many artistic and literary youths in first-tier cities? Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Lucas once answered the question simply: "Why pay the high rent in Manhattan or downtown Chicago if not to be with other people?" Niche people in their hometown or alien, but once in a first-tier city, preferably Beijing, you can always find like-minded people; but if you are a lifer with a normal heart, instead, it is suitable to stay in the second tier, because its rhythm is often in tune with the slow life can be.
First-tier cities are good for the first five years of youth, while second-tier cities are good for the last five years
The trajectory of youth is probably similar to yours and mine -- perhaps the ideal is to go to a first-tier city to build a career when you're full of enthusiasm, and to land in a second-tier city when you're tired. "Professional migratory birds" to the second-tier cities has become a trend, the second-tier cities are no longer the holy land of the resurrection of the defeated, but also the city of opportunity - in the past, the place of birth determines the fate of the individual; today, the city migration is just a small turn in life, and success or failure has nothing to do with the future of The city has nothing to do with success or failure, nothing to do with the future, and nothing to do with the country's choice of which place to support the rich.
First-tier cities are "floating cities", second-tier cities are "lifelong cities"
There is often a difference between second-tier and first-tier cities: within a 30-minute radius of transportation time, you can always find a place to satisfy all of your needs for a lifetime of clothing, food, housing and transportation. all your needs. The north is divided, or even composed of several cities - migratory birds belong only to the administrative concept of "north", living far away from the city center, complaining that the city has not accepted them wholeheartedly, and living in a way that does not fit in with the traditional spiritual values of the first-tier cities," he said. They live far away from the city center, complaining that the city is not receptive to them and that their lifestyle is incompatible with the traditional spiritual values of first-tier cities. The floating generation is the most idealistic and the least happy - their houses, cars, furniture, handbags and even boyfriends are all rented, and they can't find what they want, which is a fixed address where they are happy.
How to bargain with the city?
Are those white thighs riding on high heels, those CEOs on magazine covers, those famous cars speeding by, those fun and free parties, those separate offices in CBD office buildings, those international forums and first class seats on flights, those lights in upscale residential neighborhoods, are they for you?
The young people of this era have millions of dreams and the same dreamer - the metropolis. What kind of metropolis can satisfy them? Just mentioning the name is glittering, gathering power, fame, wealth, beauty and talent of the legend, huge volume, modern architecture, developed transportation, business innovation, material prosperity, entertainment, high profile people, with an international outlook, the country's best resources and the most opportunities.
The metropolis in their mind is usually called a first-tier city. Everyone wants to be a decent part of a first-tier city, to put down roots in the city, to gain happiness, dignity and a good future.
Until they come across the cruelty and cold-bloodedness of the metropolis.
You want to stay in the metropolis, grab opportunities and enjoy quality life, you need the metropolis. But why does the metropolis need you? What is your bargaining chip, other than your young body and exuberant desire? If you want to retreat to a second or third-tier city to get happiness, dignity and a good future elsewhere, you still have to face the same question: what is your bargaining chip, and what can you take to bargain with the city?
Love and hate in the metropolis
Rental housing, low-cost housing and affordable housing in urban and peri-urban villages are the metropolis's mercy on the disadvantaged (a mercy that is now becoming unloving based on the government's desire to develop and its commercial motives). The underprivileged are given a break and a respite in exchange for time to fight for a better life and future in the metropolis.
The ants and down-and-outs we see in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen are actually people with hopes. They have dreams, but they haven't found a place to use them yet. They are alone in the metropolis, more courageous than many people who rely on connections to get a job, and those who think they can't do it and retreat to their hometowns. They have a heartbreaking love for the ancient but vivid, huge and dangerous metropolis:
"I'm here to laugh and I'm here to cry, I'm here to live and I'm here to die, I'm here to pray and I'm here to be confused, I'm here to search and I'm here to pursue. If one day I have to leave, I want people to bury me here, here forget to feel that I am present, here there are too many things that I am attached to" - Wang Feng's "Beijing Beijing", sings about this complex.
Love for the metropolis, in return is not necessarily love, more likely to be indifferent, contempt, dislike and abuse. You are not even given the time or opportunity to behave. You are seen as a negative asset to the metropolis, a problem youth and part of the sociopathy. You are running around for a relatively stable job. You are anxious about an unstable relationship. Your best friend and your best friend are in the same situation as you. The people you squeeze on the bus and subway with never pity you. You have a temporary residence permit, live in a rented house, eat boxed food, and walk through the streets of gold and silver. Every building on the street costs hundreds of millions of dollars, and every passerby wants to walk in front of you. Those white thighs riding on high heels, those CEOs on the cover of magazines, those famous cars speeding by, those suave and fun free parties, those independent offices in CBD office buildings, those lights in high-end residential neighborhoods, those international forums and flights of first-class seats, those for entrepreneurs and successful people reserved for the people of interviews, are not prepared for you.
You are struggling in the metropolis, breaking out. You're getting older every day, and the metropolis is still young.
The synchronization of second-tier cities with first-tier cities
What is happening in the second-tier cities that you ignore? Circling money (attracting investment), circling people (introducing talents), circling land (building and expanding cities), circling policies (city positioning), circling metropolitan areas (regional resource integration).
You are looking for a breakthrough in the metropolis when the second-tier cities have not been idle at all, is striding forward compared to the specifications of the metropolis. 1920 U.S. urban population exceeded the rural population for the first time, the world's urban population in 2007 exceeded the rural population for the first time, China's urban population in 2010 will exceed the rural population for the first time. Zlotnik, Director of the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, said: China is already the fastest urbanizing country in the world. One quarter of the world's cities with more than 500,000 people are in China. The vitality of China's second-tier cities is hidden in these 185 Chinese cities with more than 500,000 people.
Because of the Internet, second-tier cities are in sync with first-tier cities in terms of information; because of intercity express lines and urban railway busing, second-tier cities are in sync with first-tier cities in terms of people and logistics; because of commercial chains, second-tier cities are in sync with first-tier cities in terms of consumption; because of the metropolitan area, second-tier cities are in sync with first-tier cities in terms of resource interactions and complementarities.
Every province has a national satellite TV; 28 cities have been approved to build metro plans; international brands and national enterprises have found a place to settle and spread their branches in many second-tier cities. Second-tier Lanzhou, Wuhan and Xi'an all have national media; second-tier Suzhou, Dongguan, Ningbo, Wenzhou's economic strength is rich enough to rival that of the province; Hangzhou in the "Forbes list of the best business cities in mainland China" for five years in a row ......
Disparate The second-tier cities benefit from the radiality and industrial relevance of the first-tier cities, but their own unique advantages are not taken away: historical sites, high quality water, soil and air, ports, urban natural, cultural and intangible heritage, traditional industries, relatively inexpensive investment and housing costs, local innovation, etc. More importantly, most of the second-tier cities have a strong economic power that is as strong as that of the provinces. What's more, most second-tier cities are almost unrestricted cities, with relatively loose household registration, "more money, less talent", and a "hungry" demand for investment and entrepreneurship, creative industries, and industrial workers. Those who have the ability are more likely to get the opportunity and platform to become the elite among the "new citizens" and lead a good life. And those who perform well at work still have the chance to enter the national spotlight and share the glory with the metropolitan elite.
Today's second-tier cities are no longer isolated orphans in remote corners of the city, but are all part of the metropolitan area chessboard, in which they play a role in the growth of the efforts of the first line of opportunity, the pressure of the second line.
Bargaining chips with the city
Dreams are the last thing China's cities need today, and you can't bargain with the city for your dreams.
Count your bargaining chips: your college major, your work history, your connections, your looks, your skills, your money, the strength of your parents, the strength of your lover or partner. Each of these can help you get a foot in the door in both big cities and second-tier ones, or they can be ineffective, a burden or an obstacle.
Major: A diploma doesn't mean you're really proficient in your field. Many graduates spend their college years in uninspiring social activities, criticizing and rebelling against college education more than learning and respecting professional knowledge. Spending time in love is not bad, spending time stealing food is pure entertainment. Many jobs recruit college students, on the practical ability, the probationary period is equivalent to the internship period, the employment period is equivalent to the probationary period.
Work history: mixed with the well-known enterprises listed in the paper does dazzle, and no one can distinguish you do the work of which you alone, which is the crystallization of collective wisdom and teamwork. But your level is not good, may be the very reason why you frequently jump ship (you can of course say that you are for a higher salary, in order to ideal, in order to improve the self and jump ship).
People resources: the best kind is "one for all, all for me", the worst kind is the exchange of benefits. The true meaning of networking is not to invite to dinner, not to make a deal, but to serve, with goodwill and sincerity to serve others. It also has to do with time accumulation and karma, with benefits and new opportunities being only incidental results. It is a crime to use bribes and accept bribes to make connections and resources.
Beauty: Beauty is still a priority pass in many fields, but it needs to be used in conjunction with other elements - style, character, intelligence, talent - in order to complement it. Wealth can increase in value, but looks only depreciate, and there are too many bad stories in life about people who are hurt by their own looks and messed up by the looks of others.
Skills: a skill is a guarantee of dignity of survival in the workplace. If you are only satisfied with 60 points, then you only deserve 60 points of treatment and dignity. You will end up living a more dignified life than everyone else if you give it your all. Utilizing your potential for the sake of upgrading your skills or coping with your work for the sake of unjust treatment will result in a completely different outcome.
Money: money can be invested to start a business, money can be used to buy a house or a car, money can be used to temporarily light up a few more lights on the "Do Not Disturb" TV program. Having money can also allow you to drift, delayed enjoyment, no longer think, lost. You don't have a chance to be the richest 5% in town, and you won't fall into the poor 5%, so just use money as a tool.
Parental strength: the second generation of officials and the rich are lucky, but there are limitations. Officials can easily obtain the second generation of jobs, not career; rich second generation can easily obtain the property, not the way of business management. Relatively speaking, having healthy parents has been fortunate; having children who do not have to nibble on the old is also fortunate for parents.
The strength of a lover or partner: the TV programs and daily activities of matchmaking, speed dating, and choosing a spouse are as much about finding the right person for the right job as they are about picking a powerhouse. "How many years less struggle" is a kind of temptation, but the result may also deteriorate into "how many years less struggle for the time being". The strength of the lover or partner fails when the relationship is unreliable.
While second-tier cities are less competitive than first-tier cities, the chips needed to face the individual are the same. Because in the first-tier cities can not stay, so retreat to the second line - this "would rather be the head of the chicken, not to be the tail of the phoenix" argument does not stand up to scrutiny. Those who have low eyes are doomed to run into walls everywhere. The second line is not anyone's spare tire. Second-tier cities in the efforts of first-tier, third-tier cities in the efforts of second-tier, this urban development trend determines the second line is not a big backyard, but the new home. If you don't have enough chips, the second tier may not even have a pit for you.
You may not know how narrow-minded you are and how much you look down on Chinese cities and Chinese people outside the first-tier cities. Going to the second tier, freeing your vision from the three or four megacities, and learning about a wider and more diverse China, will be a more weighty bargaining chip for you with the cities. And your dream, to put it in a big way, there are only three snipers: disease, bad feelings, high prices; to put it in a small way, there are only two small problems: you can't get up in the morning, you can't get off the line at night.