Take a walk through the hutongs at Qianmen—there are still many details and particularities to be found within.

It seems that the old houses I went to see in Shanxi are much the same.
The location of an office should still be very important; otherwise, why would all these celebrities choose to live near the Imperial City?
Living in remote suburban districts and counties would make people feel like they can’t get into anything. For ordinary people, buying a big house out in the suburbs like that feels especially rooted in an agrarian way of life.
They’re not Taoists hiding away in deep mountains and old forests.
Ordinary people still need to move toward the center.