上海的居住状况有没有“富人区”和“穷人区”之分,前一时期有过议论。最形象的表述是,“市中心区居住的人讲外国话、中内环间居住的人讲普通话、中环以外居住的人讲上海话”。其意为市中心区居住的多为外国人,中内环间居住的多为外省市来沪工作的白领,中环以外居住的多为上海 Shanghai’s living conditions are not “rich area” and “poor area” of the points, the previous period have been discussed. The most vivid expression is that “people living in the downtown area speak foreign languages, people living in the inner ring speak Mandarin, people living outside Central speak Shanghai dialect.” It means that most of the downtown area are foreigners, most of whom are white-collar workers from other provinces and cities to work in Shanghai, most of whom live outside of Central, Shanghai