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毕业之后，生活扑面而来，梦想流离失所。
繁华都市，我们就是在生活下面早出晚归、渺茫无措的蚂蚁...
比“蜗居”更苍茫，更找不到出路...
Armed with their college diplomas, they are expected to become social elites. But because of fierce competition, many can only eke out a hard living and afford slum-like accommodation.
What does the future hold for members of the ant tribes, groups of 20-something college graduates, existing on low incomes in big cities throughout China?
In today's program, He Fei takes a closer look at the ant tribe lifestyle to bring us more.
"Where is our hope?
Where is our dream?"
Singing out their questions in the song, Li Liguo and Bai Wanlong also raise the questions for many other members of ant tribes living in the famous suburban slum-like village called Tangjialing on the outskirts of Beijing.
With the dream of pursuing their music dreams, the two sing in underground passages during the day and return to their boxy room each evening. The room costs each of them 200 yuan, or about 30 U.S. dollars, per month.
Li Liguo came to Beijing after he graduated from a university in northeastern Liaoning Province. He has been struggling in the nation's capital for four years. He says the phrase "ant tribe" is a proper description of his life.
"Just like the ants, we can hide nowhere in this big city. We cannot afford to rent a stable home, not one like this. We have to always move like ants do."
The low rent in Tangjialing village is the reason why Li Liguo has decided to stay here.
Located in the northern part of the city, the village is laced with dusty roads and crowded with cheap markets and shabby accommodations. It provides a warm home for 50 thousand young college graduates.
Twenty-seven-year-old Wang Haitao, another member of the Tangjialing village ant tribe, shows us his room.
"The room I rent is similar to the dormitory at my college. I only need to pay 450 yuan each month. Although it is without an indoor toilet, I am satisfied to have it for such low rent."
Young people can rent a bed in a dorm-like room less than 10 square meters but crammed with eight beds for less than 500 yuan, or about 70 dollars, a month. But even the low rent accounts for a major part of their salaries.
