Zheng Yaling has lived in Bopiliao for 20 years and runs Long Life Old Folks Tea Shop, which recently moved to nearby Nanning Street. She recalls with a sigh the booming business she used to do in Bopiliao: "Residents want to stay where they are, of course.
「站在居民立場，當然還是希望留在原地啦，搬遷之後生意下滑不說，家也回不去了。」在剝皮寮生活 20 年，現已搬遷至南寧街繼續經營「長壽號老人茶店」的鄭雅玲，一面描述當年老街門庭若市的盛況，一面喟嘆。