You have to compare apples with apples. For example, an apartment in Beijing is more expensive than that in Yunan. You can't say Yunan is cheap, but the price just reflects the local economy.

郊区? What is that? If we define the downtown/Financial District in San Francisco as the city core and the whole Bay Area as 郊区 (suburban). That's easier for comparison.

From other postings, I think gfmaggy00 is asking how much 8000w rmb can afford a house in a suburban area like the Bay Area.

8000w rmb is 1000w usd. I just learned it from the newspaper that the ex world boxing champion Tyson in 2003 divorced his wife and he gave her 2 houses in California. The total worth of 2 houses is 875w usd. The number of washrooms/toilets is 34 for one of the 2 buildings.

With 1000w usd, you can buy a monster house/castle in Bay Area, or buy the whole town in Montana.

I am going to find out the worth of Bill Gate's house in Seattle, Washington. He has a big "castle" facing the ocean, but I would doubt it if it is worth more than 1000w usd.

In West Vancouver, spend 200w Canadian dollars or 1500w rmb, you have a huge house with so many floors to vaccum and toilets to clean.