He says that Taiwan's shopping environment has always been rather backward. Despite the high per capita income of the population, downtown Taipei had no shopping centers like the ones open now. Many shoppers went to Hong Kong-the shopper's holy land-drawn there by the bright and colorful consumer complexes lined up one next to the other along the streets.
他指出，台灣的購物環境一直很落後，儘管國民所得傲人，但市區卻連個像樣的購物中心都沒有，許多瞎拼族定期到香港「朝聖」，就是被香港五光十色、毗鄰連棟的購物中心所吸引。