Documenting the tumultuous journey and emotional process from planning to purchase a home in Chengdu's High-Tech Zone/Tianfu New District in 2018, to ultimately being forced to buy a home in Beijing in 2021.
Preface
In 2018, inspired by my girlfriend (now my wife), I began considering leaving Beijing and started looking for a suitable second-tier city to relocate to.
After ruling out Zhengzhou, Wuhan, ...