In Beijing, residents move underground to find affordable rents
A world under the streets
In Beijing, residents are choosing an unusual way to make their rent affordable: move underground. As NPR reports, in a city of 21 million inhabitants, space is understandably limited, and demand for housing is high.
But a number of bomb shelters and storage basements under the city's streets – which continue to be built due to the official building code – have been turned into tiny, windowless, illegal apartments. Photographer Chi Yin Sim has documented the resident communities under the city in a collection called China's "Rat Tribe".
In Beijing, residents move underground to find affordable rents | Cities | The Guardian
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