[PIF]

Just got a post that “People in China do not have heat in apartment buildings. They wear more clothes”

but you say “$300-$400 a month isn’t enough to pay heating bills”

So that seem contradictory and confusing.

[Swordmaker]

Just got a post that “People in China do not have heat in apartment buildings. They wear more clothes”

but you say “$300-$400 a month isn’t enough to pay heating bills”

So that seem contradictory and confusing.

No, it isn’t. Clothing is a non-consumable. Electricity is the ultimate consumable. You cannot reuse electricity, while close can last years and be handed down. Clothes are a one-time purchase. Electricity is a monthly expense.

[Zhang Fei]

[Just got a post that “People in China do not have heat in apartment buildings. They wear more clothes”

but you say “$300-$400 a month isn’t enough to pay heating bills”

So that seem contradictory and confusing.]

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$300-$400 is my estimate of the typical monthly pay. Out of that, they need to make a mortgage payment (typical 1000 sq ft apartment is $150K in the burbs), buy food, make car payments, buy gas, etc, etc. Nothing left for heating bills.

https://www.numbeo.com/property-investment/in/Wuhan