In the area of Houston, for example, where a round 150,000 Taiwanese live, a drive from the Ting Hao shopping complex to the Chinese Culture Center takes 20 minutes in light traffic, the equivalent of trip from Taipei to Taoyuan. Such distances compelled Mr. Lin to make the effort and obtain his first driver's license during his second year in the US.
以約有十五萬台灣人聚集的休士頓西南區為例，從古柏老人公寓到老人慣常活動的僑教中心，暢行無阻的車程就要二十分鐘，逼得林老先生在來美的第二年奮發圖強，拿到生平第一張駕照。