Places like Chiungchiao Keng are common in other areas of Taiwan, where the decline of traditional economies and the movement of people away from rural areas are major problems for small towns and villages.
類似芎蕉坑的處境，在台灣其他地區也並不少見。傳統經濟形態沒落，人口外流，已成為當今台灣鄉鎮的主要問題。