In the past decade, thanks to Taiwan's "economic miracle" and the subsequent upward revaluation of the NT dollar against the US dollar, many Taiwanese have paid cash on the nail for homes in the United States and have formed new Chinese communities and new Chinatowns where their native Hokkien dialect enjoys greater currency. Examples are Flushing in New York and California's Monterrey Park, where Hokkien is freely spoken.
大約十年前，由於台灣的「經濟奇蹟」，再拜後來的新台幣對美元大幅升值之賜，許多人帶著現款到美購屋，形成新的華人聚居地及新中國城，閩南語的「勢力範圍」大增，例如在紐約的法拉盛，及加州的蒙特利公園市，都是說閩南語就暢行無阻。