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| A child plays in front of a container converted as a home in Sanlin Town in the Pudong New Area yesterday. (Photo/Shanghai Daily) |
In a classic case of survival of the fittest some migrant workers have worked out a cheaper way to live in the city.
In a city where rents can shoot up to astronomical figures, some of the them have made shipping containers their homes and decorated them in suburban Shanghai.
Li Yanxin, a native of Anhui Province, and three other migrant families have lived in the so-called "container village" for the last 10 years.
The cargo containers were piling up on the side of a road in Sanlin Town in the Pudong New Area.
It is called a village as the containers look like a tiny community with several two and three-storey buildings - all of them equipped with doors, windows, electricity and water.
In a container about 15 square meters, Li divided the "room" into a small supermarket, selling food, drinks and other daily necessities, and a living room with a bed, sofa and even a television.
In a classic case of survival of the fittest some migrant workers have worked out a cheaper way to live in the city.
In a city where rents can shoot up to astronomical figures, some of the them have made shipping containers their homes and decorated them in suburban Shanghai.
Li Yanxin, a native of Anhui Province, and three other migrant families have lived in the so-called "container village" for the last 10 years.
The cargo containers were piling up on the side of a road in Sanlin Town in the Pudong New Area.
It is called a village as the containers look like a tiny community with several two and three-storey buildings - all of them equipped with doors, windows, electricity and water.
In a container about 15 square meters, Li divided the "room" into a small supermarket, selling food, drinks and other daily necessities, and a living room with a bed, sofa and even a television.
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