In many of the more remote mountain districts, the population drain has led to Earth Lords being consolidated together for joint worship, while in major industrial areas, and sites where large development projects are in progress, numerous Earth Lords, suddenly deprived of their own hideaways, now have to cram together at a single altar.
許多偏遠山區的土地公，因為人口外流，被集中合祀；大型工業區或是重大工程的興建，也使眾多土地公一下子失去窩居的老房子，形成土地公擠通鋪的現象。