Beijing:
Being alone isn't much of an option for the young educated Chinese who are flocking in growing numbers to Beijing for work.
They've been dubbed the 'ant tribe' - a nod to their industriousness and lack of recognition in modern China. And Chinese cities are overloaded with these young graduates.
Liu Jun sleeps in a room so small he shares a bed with two other men.
It's all he can afford in Beijing - a city so expensive, the average professional can't afford to buy a home.
For Liu and many others, cramped Tangjaling is what is now home.
It emerged as a cut-rate bedroom community in 2003 after the opening of massive software parks nearby.
Once a village for 800 households, there are now more than 30,000 residents in the area, according to Xi Beiwang township government.
There's no air conditioning in the summer and the rooms are sparsely furnished - only those willing to pay extra get their own bathroom.
Su Yingxin shares a room with a friend and says that she's willing to put up with the conditions as Beijing offers opportunities that are just not possible in her home town.
The flooding of the market with newly qualified graduates means that even those who do get work find that entry level salaries have plummeted.
The professor from Beijing University who coined the term 'Ant tribe' - Lian Si - says graduates are feeling marginalised.
"There are a large number of low income college graduates in China, and we call them the 'Ant Tribe'. The appearance of the 'ant tribe' reflects some of the problems China has during its social transformation process; such as household registration system, educational issues, the gap between urban and rural areas and the social income distribution. These problems were the shown in the 'ant tribe' community in a very comprehensive way. Most of the 'ant tribe' communities are in the big cities, it is related to the draining effects these big cities have in the country."
7 million university graduates were looking for work this year and with an expansion of further education that figure could be higher still next year.
The 'Ant Tribe' may be cramped enough already but it looks as though they'll have to move over as more take their chances for a better life in the city.