Many of the Amis on Happy Mountain have likewise come seeking refuge, typically arriving from nearby Ruifang or Keelung after finding themselves unable to make their mortgage payments or seeing their former homes seized. Life is simpler on the mountain, where their only expense is NT $ 500-600 per month for their power bill.
在快樂山上自成聚落的阿美人，許多是因繳不出房貸或房屋被法院查封，才在山裡自力造屋，改過起每月只需繳納五、六百元電費的簡單生活。因地緣之便，他們多來自瑞芳鎮及基隆市。