After the meal, the two of them strolled hand in hand through the streets and alleys of Gong and Drum Lane, observing both the Capital City of this era and the nearby housing prices.
In this area within the Second Ring Road, there are not many new properties, with prices ranging from 9,000 to 15,000 per square meter. Anything below 9,000 is mostly outside the Second Ring Road, and commodity house prices are around 6,000 outside the Fourth Ring Road.
Six thousand might not seem like a lot but considering the average salary in the Capital City area is only 1,850 Yuan, ordinary wage-earners would need over a decade's worth of salaries to afford a home here.
In the vicinity, there are also siheyuans and standalone villas for sale, but their prices all exceed 1 million Yuan. Larger properties with historical significance are worth tens of millions, which are beyond his reach for now.
