Chen Tung-sheng, who grew up in Shalu, Taichung County and has a strong Taiwanese consciousness, remarks that you simply can't get by without speaking Taiwanese south of the Chuoshui River. Only in Taipei do people dare to "eat Taiwanese, but not speak Taiwanese." Both in terms of language and national identity, there is a clear "split between north and south."
在台中沙鹿長大、本土意識強烈的陳東升不諱言，濁水溪以南，不講台語根本是「沒得混」的，只有台北人才敢吃台灣米而不學台灣話，在語言模式和國家認同上，「南北分裂」無疑是存在的。