Family
Can there be a home without a house?
(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-10-27 11:07
Here's a sampling of opinions on the China Daily Mobile Phone Newspaper forum on marriage and housing:
"As a woman of the post-80s generation, I think a house is one of the economic fundamentals of love and marriage. Apart from love, a home of her own is what make a woman feel secure." - 1505***2886, Yantai, Shandong province
"Since our social security system needs further improvement, it will be a huge life burden if people get sick or have an accident, while they have already spent a lot on buying a house. Most people of the post-80s generation rely on their parents' savings for the down payment on a house. That will lower parents' old-age care standards and their life quality. It is unwise for young people who have just started on a career to buy a house, because it will put their future at great risk." - 1381***1378, Beijing
"How many people of the post-80s generation can afford a house when the prices are rising like crazy? It is practical for wedded couples to rent before they become more financially able to buy. And they will love each other even more by striving together for a better future. In one word, it is true love that makes a place home." - 1377***6763, Nanjing, Jiangsu province
"A house is the harbor where people can rest their souls. But it depends on whether people have considerable incomes. For those who do not earn much, (there is) no need to become house-mortgage slaves just because they want a house." - 1385***4681, Huainan, Anhui province
