For the future, a number of people in Ta-hsi hope the government's Council for Cultural Planning and Development will act to protect the old-style storefronts in Ta-hsi's business district.
「生意不好做噢！」天祥戲院的賴老板說：「鎮民對趕廟會、打陀螺比較有興趣！」人說大溪有三多、三好：「寺廟多、豆干多、美女多」與「民風好、氣候好、風景好」，其中所謂民風好，顯然就是指鎮民這種保守純樸的心態。