Men in cities felt more pressure than anywhere else. While some can live unstressful lives, the majority is under various pressures and work their guts out to crawl their ways into the “center” of cities. Behind the feverish growth of urbanization, their sweat and tears are shed. At the turn of the year, netizens voted for the top 10 cities where men felt the most pressure.
NO.1 Shanghai — hard to get married
Unfriendly locals and great pressure of buying a house couldn’t bend men’s backs anymore in the biggest economic center of China.
NO.2 Beijing –- big wealth gap between rich and poor
City center is occupied by government officials and high-tech professionals; celebrities and entrepreneurs get the prime suburbs. Real estate prices in other remote suburbs are still ridiculously high.
NO.3 Guangzhou — sense of drifting
Six out of ten men in Guangzhou share one common goal: making enough money there, then moving back to where they orginally came from.
NO.4 Shenzhen — fragile love and skyrocketing house price
Over half of the population are immigrant workers, most of them are men. $600-$700 per square foot of real estate can make a romantic relationship very fragile.
NO.5 Chongqing — a birthplace of pretty women, but most of them have left the city
Men can live here without high incomes. However, surging house prices set a high bar for pretty women to fall love with them.
NO.6 Wuhan — too many intellectuals competing
A place renowned for an abundant of science and engineering talents. Then again too many talented men compete for a limited pool of women.
NO.7 Tianjin — housing prices and physical health
Pollution is a serious problem here, especially in the old town area. Physical health is a key concern.
NO.8 Hong Kong — all kinds of pressure
NO.9 Taipei — political pressure and pressure of maintaining certain social status
Men live under the stress of being scorned if failing to enter prestigious universities and getting decent jobs.
NO.10 Changsha — to leave or not to leave?
It’s a city of entertainment. Even a second tier city; housing price is first tier. Men can stay in the city but their income is low. They can pursue opportunities with higher salary in the first-tier cities but will need to put in long hours.
This report is summarized based on an article from Tom
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Gender imbalance is probably one reason for stress:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6966037/Chinese-gender-imbalance-will-leave-millions-of-men-without-wives.html