The Shanghai Daily reports:
Complex social relationships and soaring home prices in small cities are major forces driving people back to the big cities, according to the survey.
"Small towns and counties are not a Xanadu (a fabled city of opulence)," said Li Liang, a cartoonist.
"There are lots of construction sites, and pedestrians and vehicles ignoring traffic rules. Moreover, unfairness is more prevalent in the small towns," Li said.
Many young Chinese from less-privileged families say they are judged according to family background rather than ability, claiming offspring from wealthy families get the good jobs because of their parents' networking and wealth.
This phenomenon is apparently rife in small towns and cities. Though unfairness exists in big cities, they at least have greater opportunities, survey respondents said.
"If I was born in a rich family, maybe I would be satisfied with the easy life in small towns," Xu said. "But I have to push myself to work hard just to afford my apartment."
Because of high home prices in big cities, she bought an apartment with her husband in Jiangxi Province as an investment. But she will not move back there to live.
"I have suffered the disadvantage of being born in a rural village. I cannot let my children suffer the same loss," she said.
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