After outsiders began to compete to get in here, they brought with them the evil habit of speculating in real estate. Land prices rose with speculative manipulation, which might on the surface appear to increase the wealth of the people of Puli. But in fact it just adds to their burdens.
外地人競相進來後，首先帶來的就是炒地皮的惡習，土地經炒作後增值，表面上固然增加了埔里人的財富，實質卻無形中在加重他們的生活負擔。