New york's laundry industry, once almost monopolized by Americans in the United States and South Korea, has quietly undergone structural changes.

According to the US World Journal, new york's laundry industry, which is almost monopolized by Koreans, has quietly undergone structural changes. Due to the increase in labor and rent costs after the financial crisis, everyone's pockets have shrunk, and the laundry business with an annual net income of 300,000 yuan has plummeted. In addition, most children who grew up in the United States are engaged in white-collar jobs, and a large number of Koreans have changed hands. Most of the top shops are new immigrants from China. However, Chinese businessmen said in June 16 that it was helpless to take over, knowing that the laundry was no longer making money and just wanted to make a living. The Korea Times reported that a large number of Korean businessmen sold their shops at low prices, and all of them were immigrants from China. According to the statistics of Korean-American Dry Cleaners Association, there were more than 3,000 dry cleaners in new york in 1980s and 1990s, of which 80% were owned by Koreans. Sang Seok Park, chairman of the association, said that in the past, the laundry industry was very profitable, with an average annual net income of 200,000 to 300,000 pounds per owner. ? Is it still circulating in our industry? Open a shop for one year to repay the loan, buy a car for two years, and live in a big house for three years? Statement. ? However, such a good time no longer exists after the 2008 financial crisis.

Sang Seok Park pointed out that after 2008, everyone's pockets were greatly reduced, and few guests came to dry clean. Everyone has shrunk, and dieting will solve the laundry problem by themselves. At the same time, the cost of rent and labor has increased year by year, and the profit of Korean laundry owners has been compressed year by year. ? Now the average annual net income of bosses is 10 to150,000, which is half less. ? Not only is the income reduced, but the generation of Korean immigrants is getting older and older, so it is difficult to continue the labor-intensive work of laundry.

Sang Kyun Kim, who has been running a dry cleaner for nearly 30 years, recently sold his shop on Hatton's Upper West Side. He said that he couldn't do it anymore, and he would move to the west coast of the United States to support the elderly after changing stores. ? For 30 years, I have worked 15 hours a day, never had time to play with my children, and even dared not go to work when I was sick. ? At the age of 58, he decided to end the laundry and enjoy life. His children already have more decent white-collar jobs and are unwilling to inherit this small family business. The story of Sang Kyun Kim also happened to most Korean laundry workers.

Sang Seok Park estimates that at least 500 Korean laundries have closed down in recent years. According to the data of real estate economy, most of the China immigrants took over these shops and became the laundry giants in new york. But Chinese people are not full of confidence in the laundry industry, and most of them have no choice but to take over. Mrs. Wu, the proprietress of Huabu Libai Laundry, said on 16 that due to the closure of the bookstore that has been in business for more than ten years, the laundry was sold at a low price, which was close to home. ? If there was a second way, I wouldn't take over the laundry. ?