The story begins with an outsider, me, in a city with a serious problem of high rents. The city has bustling streets and alleys, but it also hides high rents. Like most drifters, I was often struggling with paying exorbitant rents.
One day, I heard that Zhu Rui, a famous actor, was facing a similar problem as me. Zhu Rui's performance in film and television dramas has won the love of the audience, but she is also deeply troubled by high rents. The landlord clearly told her that it would increase by 5,000 yuan a month, which made her feel unbearable and began to consider moving out.
I was shocked by the news, it turned out that even celebrities can't escape the trouble of high rents.
In the city, I found that some landlords behaved in a way that was resentful to tenants. Some landlords are unstable and frequently increase rents, making it impossible to predict the future cost of living. At the same time, they tend to rent to high-quality, stable jobs or a family of three. So I thought that rent is not only about money, but also about other aspects, including tenants' preferences.
Some people have raised the question of why not to buy a house, arguing that buying a house can solve the problem of rental returns. However, for an ordinary person like me, the high cost of housing in Beijing has made buying a house an unattainable dream.
So, I started to think about whether renting necessarily turned into buying a house, and found that in some cases, the money saved is a real money reserve.
In order to reduce my rent expenses, I chose to move outside the city's sixth ring road like Zhu Rui. This is not an escape, but a practical response to the economic situation. In some cases, choosing a place to live is not only a rational decision, but also a step towards financial freedom.
However, even when the contract is signed, the solution to the problem is not satisfactory. I'm well aware that no amount of contracts can stop some landlords from misbehaving.
Their behavior of raising rents and evicting tenants is incomprehensible, and the cost of defending their rights is so high. Perhaps, this is the dilemma that renters in the city often face.
There are many different opinions on this phenomenon in society. Some people believe that giving up a good tenant is a loss for landlords, and some landlords can't understand the behavior, and considering the current economic situation, it has become a reality that houses are difficult to rent and sell. However, there are also those who believe that the increase in rents is reasonable, which is a reflection of the market economy, and whether it is high or not, it is a normal phenomenon.
On the whole, in this city, whether it is ordinary people or celebrities, it is difficult to get rid of the problem of high rents.
Renting is expensive, and buying a home is so out of reach. And some landlords' misconduct is even more elusive to tenants. In this predicament, we can only try to find a way that suits us, strive to reduce the cost of living, and at the same time look forward to more attention and improvement of the society on the rent issue.
Eventually, perhaps we will be able to find a solution so that every wandering soul can find a warm corner of the city and no longer bother with high rents. I hope that everyone who is adrift can find their own harbor in this city and no longer hesitate for a livelihood.