People think that the cost of living in rural areas is relatively low because they only see the comparison of consumption expenditure and ignore the comparison of quality of life.
In other words, the income of spending 2000 yuan a month in rural areas is far lower than that in cities. People usually say that living in the countryside is inconvenient, and this "inconvenience" is the embodiment of high cost.
It can be said that many things in rural areas are more expensive than those in cities. Take pork as an example. The price in rural areas is usually more expensive than that in cities, usually several yuan per catty, even 10 yuan. On the one hand, the price is high and the quality is worse than that in the city. Many things are about 20% more expensive in rural areas than in cities.
Living in the city, it is convenient to go out to buy things, but it is very troublesome in the countryside. If these costs are included, it will be even higher.
Internet access is also available in rural areas now, but it is still very troublesome to go out for maintenance if the computer breaks down. There is no repair shop in the countryside, so it is not easy to get it to the town. If there was no repair shop in town before, you had to go downtown to have it repaired. Add up these monetary costs and time costs, and you will know how high this cost is.
Many people are used to buying books online, the price is generally cheaper than that of physical bookstores 10% or 20%, and they can also be delivered to your door. If you live in the countryside, you can't enjoy this service.
Some rural teachers sometimes go to the city to buy some books. If they live in the city, this fee can be waived.
I have a friend who teaches in the countryside and deeply understands the inconvenience of rural life. On one occasion, her colleague and she drove a motorcycle to the county town more than 20 kilometers away to have a snack. For people living in the city, going out for a midnight snack may be a few minutes away. Even if there is something to sell in the countryside, time is limited. In the rural vegetable market, there is nothing to buy in the afternoon
But in city supermarkets, you can also buy pork at night.
The cost of living in rural areas is higher than that in small cities, which are higher than that in big cities. The cost of living in big cities looks amazing, but there are many fringe benefits. The housing price in Beijing is surprisingly high, but the transportation price in Beijing is surprisingly cheap, and there are still many resources that can be used for free. There is a national library in Beijing, which is free of charge. There are many books and materials in the library, and boiled water is provided free of charge. You can sleep on the sofa. Living in Beijing, you can also attend many lectures for free. At the same time, the public security in Beijing is quite good, which also reduces people's living costs. A few years ago, a friend of mine bought an HP laptop in mangshi, Yunnan, at a price of 14000 yuan, but he went to Shenzhen and found that he could buy it for only two thirds of the price. He said that a pair of Nike shoes costs more than 600 yuan in Dehong, Yunnan, while in Hangzhou, shoes of the same style cost 430 yuan.
Living in the countryside has various inconveniences, which is a kind of cost. The quality of products in rural markets is much worse than that in cities.
High-quality products are sold to cities, and the remaining inferior products are sold to rural areas. Therefore, they have to bear the cost of food endangering their health. Perhaps, some fruits are cheaper than those in the city, but they are often of poor quality. These inferior fruits may not be free in the city.
People often think that the cost of living in rural areas is lower than that in cities, but when we really compare it, we find that the cost of living in rural areas is actually surprisingly high. Although the cost of living in rural areas is very low, the added value of houses is very low.
Houses in cities may have hukou, education, medical care and other benefits.
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