Sun Chung-chieh says that because the township is located so close to Taichung, out-migration is fast and easy, and it is impossible to keep young people from moving to the big city. Before the earthquake Wufeng had a population of 80,000, but now there are only about 30,000 residents; it is like a ghost town.
「阿罩霧文化空間工作坊」主持人孫崇傑指出，由於離台中市近，移動速度快，地震前霧峰有八萬人口，地震後剩下三萬人，霧峰在災後宛如一座空城。