[zhte415]

I agree with everything you've written. But for other readers, would like to clarify that changing Hukou isn't very complex for most cities when purchase of property is made.

Not that buying property may be easy for a migrant worker, but for most cities an 80 square meter property should be enough. Outside of Beijing/Shanghai/Shenzhen that's about a million Yuan.

Just wanted to add some clarification / quantification for a casual reader.

[PakG1]

Inside Shenzhen, I'm currently renting an 80 square meter apartment. It cost my landlord 4 million yuan and he and his wife made a 50% down payment. I understand in Beijing it's much, much more expensive. The economic divide in this country is insane.

[joenathan]

A million Yuan is $163,000 US dollars, and 80 square meters is 860 square feet. I would imagine that is just about impossible for a migrant worker to manage.