In the past two years, Hangzhou has been attracting young people by virtue of its fame, good salary level and lower house prices than those in the north. As far as I know in the past two years, many people who are engaged in the Internet in Beijing have come to Hangzhou. Of the twenty people in our company's product and R&D department, four are from Beijing, including the technical director. I became one of them.
Last September, I quit my last job and ended my unsuccessful life experience in Beijing. I came to Hangzhou, stayed in a youth hostel near the West Lake and started a month-long job search. The reason why I came to Hangzhou is very simple. I am from Zhejiang. It only takes me more than an hour to go home in Hangzhou, and I am engaged in the Internet industry. My family can't support me to buy a house in Beijing and Shanghai, but Hangzhou can barely, so Hangzhou seems to be my only choice.
If Shanghai gave me the impression of being a big city when I was a child, Hangzhou once gave me a completely different impression. It was the provincial capital, the West Lake and the shabby railway station. When I was at school, I traveled with my parents or played with my classmates. I went to Hangzhou several times, and I went to the West Lake every time. I also went to Wulin Square, Hefang Street, Qiantang River and Zhejiang University.
More than ten years ago, the downtown of Hangzhou was only around the West Lake and Wulin Square, and the whole city extended to Zhejiang University in the west and the west bank of Qiantang River in the east. Xiasha on the riverside is a suburb, and Xiaoshan is independent. The construction and size of the city are similar to those of Ningbo, with many old houses, no tall buildings and no subway. The city scenery is very good, the greening is good, and there are always many tourists by the West Lake, which feels suitable for life. Urban construction is just so-so, with traffic jams and narrow roads. Especially in the city station, the inside is small and messy, the outside looks a little broken, and the road in front of the station is very complicated, which destroys many people's first impression of Hangzhou.
In the past five years or so, many brand-new high-rise buildings and various large companies have appeared on both sides of Qiantang River, and there are more and more Internet and financial companies and practitioners. The city has gradually expanded, and some old houses in the old city have been demolished and rebuilt. Add in the stunt of G2 and the house price that has tripled, and in a blink of an eye, Hangzhou has become a big city.
whether Hangzhou can become a new first-tier city is a topic that stirs up a lot of people on the internet. The development of Hangzhou benefits from the rising status of market economy and the driving effect of Alibaba under the influence of the Internet. There are Alibaba, Netease, Hikvision, Geely and other top private enterprises in China, and Hangzhou can enter the top four in the list of various top 5 enterprises. The working environment of the Internet can rank in the top three, and the tertiary industries such as IT, cultural industry, finance and real estate can rank in the top five. There is a top five Zhejiang University in China, and there are G2 Asian Games and other activities that can attract attention and enhance international popularity. As the capital of Zhejiang, a province that relies on private economy to eat, market economy is a natural advantage of Hangzhou. Speaking of the entrepreneurial environment, Shenzhen, Beijing, and Hangzhou are next. Coupled with the wealth of the people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Hangzhou's salary level has always been among the top in the country.
I have to mention the Internet in Hangzhou. Speaking of Hangzhou, people can think of Alibaba. This is the most typical case of a company upgrading a city. An Alibaba Group has 2, people in Hangzhou and can attract talents from all over the country. In addition to Ali, there are half of Netease's headquarters, large companies with more than D rounds such as Zan Mushroom Street 51 Credit Card, and many startup companies. I've been in Hangzhou for a few months, and I feel that most of the people I meet around are Internet users. On the streets of Hangzhou, a brick fell from the sky and knocked down 1 people, 9 of whom belonged to Internet companies.
Therefore, many people who want to develop in big cities but can't afford to buy a house in Beijing and Shanghai will choose Hangzhou, or go to work in Beijing and Shanghai after graduation, and then come to Hangzhou to prepare for buying a house. Some of my former classmates will choose between Shanghai and Hangzhou after graduation, and so will I. These resources, which symbolize the higher level of society, enable Hangzhou to attract some talents engaged in high-end industries, and have capital comparable to that of first-tier cities under the spotlight.
But from the perspective of people's daily life, Hangzhou is far away from the first-tier cities. Hangzhou has a small urban area and a small population. Although the municipal government has always wanted to expand the city to the periphery, creating Xiasha Economic Development Zone, Future Science and Technology City and Qianjiang Century City, most of these places can only see real estate developers, and there are not enough living facilities such as business districts, industrial schools and hospitals. For example, in the future science and technology city where Alibaba Xixi headquarters is located, the basic living and commercial facilities are still in the "future" stage.
apart from the internet industry, the employment environment of other industries in Hangzhou is far from the first-tier cities. For example, the number of large financial institutions, state-owned enterprises and multinational enterprises is not an order of magnitude with that of Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and even industries such as industry and commerce are not top in second-tier cities. Although there is Zhejiang University in the province, there is no second 211 University, which leaves people like me with no choice.
The most embarrassing thing is that it is 218. There are only three subways in Hangzhou, and the two ends of Line 1 are still deserted suburbs. The subway mileage is similar to that of Beijing at the end of last century. The traffic in Hangzhou is often complained that it is only the level of fourth-tier cities. I hardly take the bus in Beijing. During the interview in Hangzhou, I took the bus for more than an hour every day, which really made me miserable. The limelight of Hangzhou has just started in recent years. From many angles, Hangzhou is still the small and beautiful ordinary provincial capital city. If the pyramid model is used to describe a city, the upper part of the pyramid, Hangzhou has been able to hold the tail of a first-tier city, but the lower part of the pyramid, Hangzhou is no different from many second-tier cities.
I came to Hangzhou at the end of September this year. I stayed in a youth hostel in Manjuelong area of the West Lake and started a month-long life of killing time while looking for a job. There are many places with tourist and literary atmosphere in Hangzhou. There are various literary shops, homestays, characteristic inns and youth hostels around the West Lake, Lingyin Temple and other characteristic blocks such as Hefang Street, Qingzhiwu, Siyanjing and Manjuelong. This is Hangzhou, a tourist city, with a slow pace of life. An endless stream of tourists visit around the West Lake, and rich people come to the high-end homestay at the foot of the lake mountain for leisure on weekends.
Hangzhou in ancient times was an important town in the south of the Yangtze River. It was once a capital city in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties were enclaves for northerners to go to the south of the Yangtze River. History has created historic sites and cultures worthy of tasting, which remain around the West Lake today. Hangzhou dishes, a special cuisine in Hangzhou, has been handed down from ancient times. As one of the most famous cuisines in the south of the Yangtze River, it is famous all over the country, with such characteristics as grandma's restaurants, steamed buns and other daily snacks, Dongpo pork and onion stew and so on. There are also some ancient towns and gardens with Jiangnan characteristics around Hangzhou. Unfortunately, the protection of the old city in Hangzhou is not good, and some relics and rivers in the city have disappeared.
The West Lake has been a symbol of life in Hangzhou since ancient times, and it is a lake in the city that combines scenery, history and culture with daily leisure. In terms of scenery alone, the West Lake is naturally inferior to the lake in the snowy mountain grassland in Yunnan, Tibet, but the characteristics of the West Lake are: first, it has historical and cultural heritage, and there are various popular and unpopular cultural relics in addition to the scenery. In the words of my friend, the West Lake is famous because all the celebrities died here. The second is close contact with the people of Hangzhou and integration into daily life. Looking at the map of Hangzhou, we can see that a quarter of the whole city is embedded with the West Lake and mountains. In the first-and second-tier cities in China, there is no place where the city center is so close to the lakes and mountains.
Hangzhou is not as fast as going north and going deep. Livability has always been the impression of Hangzhou. Visiting the West Lake in leisure time, climbing mountains and drinking tea, and spending half a day at the foot of the mountain around the West Lake on weekends to visit some unpopular historical sites are the daily way of life in Hangzhou.
However, as Hangzhou's reputation is getting higher and higher, the salary, living cost and consumption are getting higher and higher, and the label of livable is slowly being torn away. In fact, Hangzhou itself is not livable. Although there are mountains and water, the climate is not good. There is no heating at MINUS zero in winter, and it is above 38 degrees in summer, and the temperature changes greatly in spring. Traffic has always been bad. As the capital of the province with the most local tyrants, consumption has always been high.
the most crucial point: housing prices, Hangzhou has experienced a roller coaster ride. In 21, Hangzhou was the first city to start real estate speculation. At one time, the average price was 25, yuan, pushing Shanghai and Beijing to rank first in the country. Later, Beijing and Shanghai rose several times to more than 5 thousand, and Hangzhou remained below 2 thousand, so those who succeeded in buying a house really made a profit After G2, the housing price in Hangzhou has soared, and now it has exceeded 3,, returning to the top six in China, and it is still rising. In the past two years, the government has done a lot of demolition, which has virtually raised housing prices, and there is no sign of stopping.
the higher the house price, the higher the rent. When I was looking for a rental house, I saw a lot of shared houses in this area of Xihu District. The price of a second bedroom is basically in the range of 15 to 2. Most of this area is still an old community. I heard that this has risen in the past year. In the end, the price of a room I rented was 175. By comparison, the price of a second bedroom I rented outside the East Fourth Ring Road in Beijing last year was only 18. If settlement equals buying a house, then the settlement cost of Hangzhou in second-tier cities is almost the highest.
relying on the foundation of market economy, Hangzhou is probably the most suitable second-tier city to start a business, work and struggle. The internet working atmosphere in Hangzhou is totally inconsistent with the leisure and livable tonality of this city. Hangzhou is the city with the most overtime work in the Internet industry, no less than Beijing. When I was looking for a job, I saw many people on the Internet saying that there are many Internet startups in Hangzhou that are all 996. I pass by the Ant Financial Service Headquarters next to me after work every night. The whole park is brightly lit. I have never seen their lights dim before 1 o'clock. Alibaba's overtime work is famous in the industry. Many Internet startups in Hangzhou naturally work overtime with Alibaba. In the pace of Internet work, Hangzhou is also in line with first-tier cities. Of course, everyone, every profession, has a different way of life. With the fast Internet and the pursuit of higher wages, a faster pace of life is understandable.
There are many Internet companies in Hangzhou. Although the giants are only Ali and Netease, for the average person, the environment of Hangzhou startups is enough to support personal development. At the beginning of November, I came to the current B-round company, and it has been more than four months now. This company doesn't have the legendary Ali Daniel, but the company is in a period of growth, and I have started to take charge of several products independently. The company is next to the headquarters of Ant Financial Services, and further to the west is the suburb. The environment and welfare are average. Usually I get off work at around 9 o'clock in the evening and have a weekend off. I am already very satisfied. I specially found a house near the company and rode to the company for 1 minutes. I can already foresee the life of two points and one line day after day.
I don't know whether I will go back to work in the north, Guangzhou and Shenzhen in the future, or whether I will stay in Hangzhou until I buy a house, or even change careers and go home. From my junior year to the present four years, I have traveled to many places and experienced the cities of Beiguang, Shenzhen and Hangzhou at close range. Although my personal work accumulation and development are not good, I have been tossing around while I was young and seen the world.
In the first year of graduation, I saw the city of Guangzhou-I walked through Guangzhou, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hangzhou (I)
An Internet person's experience and knowledge of drifting north for a year and a half-I walked through Guangzhou, Guangzhou and Shenzhen (II)
I understood Shanghai and Shenzhen-I walked through Guangzhou, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hangzhou (III).