In the past, people were afraid of unemployment. Now, many people with stable jobs still do not dare to think about buying a house. What creates pressure is not only the high house price, but the feeling of working forever but still not seeing the destination closer.
Some people think that young people spend a lot, like coffee, travel or new phones, so they cannot accumulate. That may be true for some people. But there are also many people who have cut down almost all the small joys of youth while the dream of settling down is still very far away.
Parents' generation often just needs to work hard to hope to gradually move closer to a home. But many young people today feel like they are running on a treadmill. They still run, still sweat, but the distance to the destination does not seem to shorten. What makes them tired is not only financial pressure, but the worry that their efforts will not be enough to exchange for a stable life.
Therefore, more and more people choose to rent a house. For many people, it is a reasonable lifestyle when not bound by decades of loans, easy to change places of residence to follow work and maintain flexibility for life.
But it will be very different if a person wants to have their own home that they have never reached in their life. At that time, renting a house is no longer an option, but becomes something that must be accepted. The difference lies in the two words "option". Choosing to rent because it is suitable is a state of freedom. Having to rent because there is no other way is a completely different mood.
Perhaps that's why the story of housing is also a story of peace of mind. A person can accept living in a small apartment, riding an old car, wearing simple clothes. But it will be very difficult to calm down if every time the house rental contract is about to expire, they are worried about whether they have to move out or not? A roof, not only to shelter from rain and sun, but also to give people the feeling of being rooted in, belonging to a place.
Behind the dream of buying a house for young people is also the heart of parents. Some people spend almost all their savings to help their children deposit for the first apartment. Some people who are past retirement age still continue to work just because they want to help their children with a part of the burden. Parents' love has never been measured in square meters, but many times it has to be entrusted through each square meter of a house.
Someone once said, if you want to know if a society is worth living in, don't just look at the buildings how many stories high, but look at how long it takes for an ordinary young person to build their own life. Because the height of buildings can be measured in meters, while the height of hope can only be measured by people's belief in the future.
