Some even think that Taichung, like some California brimful of sunshine, hope and opportunity, has attracted people tired of Taipei's clogged traffic and Kaohsiung's industrial pollution to settle here in a new rival city.
有些人甚至認為，台中像充滿陽光、希望與機會的美國加州一樣，吸引了厭倦台北壅塞、高雄重工業汙染的民眾前來移民定居，而與北、高分庭抗禮。