In Kaohsiung food and clothing also cost less. "Incomes aren't any lower than in Taipei, but you can get by quite well with less than a third of what you need in Taipei," says Chen Shen-ching. This was the main reason he was willing to uproot his family and move to Kaohsiung.
高雄在食衣住行各方面都比台北便宜，「收入不比台北低，卻只要台北三分之一的花費，就可以過得很好」，陳申青表示，這是他之所以願意舉家遷居高雄的主要原因。