Leaving or staying is the best choice for the moment.
Editor’s note: This article from the public micro-channel number ” Tech planet “(ID: tech618) , author: Lin Momo, Zhou Yifei.
It seems that everything has become quiet.
The bustling, neon-lit Sanlitun suddenly darkened; many stores in the door of the city have hung out various transfer information; the endless stream of Beijing Airport has been deserted a lot; Songzhuang, a village in the city of Tongzhou, suddenly changed It had to be empty, even though the landlord reduced the rent by half, most of the houses were still idle.
No one can tell how many “north drifts” left during the epidemic. An unconfirmed figure is that there will be 5 million north drifts away from Beijing this year. In April 2020, the overall volume of leasing in Beijing rose by 48% month-on-month, but it still did not reach the highest level after the Spring Festival in 2019.
The time is shifted forward five years. From 2014, the number of “north drift” began to decrease, and the decline rate increased year by year. According to data released by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics, from 2014 to 2019, the number of permanent residents in Beijing has decreased by 770,000.
The people who are most anxious belong to the “Ben San”. They are faced with the double pressure of family and career, and every step needs to be cautious. The large amount of blank time left by the epidemic has caused more and more people to start thinking deeply: Should I stay in this city? Can I stay in this city? Who is the person I should care about most?
Thinking about this problem, some of the “northern drifters” of the “Ben San” began to act. In March this year, a large number of “North Drifts” began to sell their idle items on idle fish, which means that they will eventually say goodbye to their dreams.
Tech Planet (WeChat ID: tech618) interviewed 6 “Ben San” “North Drift” and chose to record their stories. In Beijing, none of their dreams come true, nor did they get rich overnight