Soaring housing prices are driving people out of the country's first-tier cities – Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, a new survey shows.

一项最新调查显示，北京、上海、广州和深圳不断上涨的房价正迫使人们逃离这几个国内一线城市。

The Social Survey Center of China Youth Daily recently surveyed 2,000 people, who are either currently working or studying, or had previously¹ worked or studied in these first-tier cities about their plans.

《中国青年报》社会调查中心近日对2000名正在或曾在北上广深工作或读书的受访者的计划进行了调查。

The survey found more than 70% had left or were planning to move away.

调查发现，超过七成受访者已经离开或正在考虑离开。

About 23 percent of respondents had already left the first-tier cities and about 48 percent were planning to leave. Only 21.5 percent were not thinking about leaving, and 7.5 percent hadn't decided².

其中23%的受访者已经离开了这些一些城市，48%的人则正在考虑离开。只有21.5%的人没有考虑过离开，7.5％的人表示说不好。

High house prices was named by more than 64% as their main reason for leaving, while high cost of living, poor air environment, hard work, difficulty getting a hukou and traffic congestion³ were listed as other reasons.

逾64%的受访者称，促使他们离开的主要原因是房价高，其他原因包括生活成本高、空气环境差、工作太辛苦、落户难和交通拥堵。

If move from the first-tier city they live in, 46.7% said they would go to provincial⁴ capital cities or other municipalities.

如果离开目前所在的一线城市，46.7%的受访者表示想去省会城市或其他直辖市。

About a quarter would head to prefecture-level cities, while some preferred county towns.

约25%的受访者想去地级市，还有部分受访者青睐县城。

However, the survey also found that 32.4% of respondents who had left the first-tier cities had since returned.

不过，调查还发现，32.4%的受访者曾经离开一线城市后又回去。