"It isn't that Kaohsiung lacks local talent. It's just that job opportunities were limited and so these people moved elsewhere," says Joe Lin, who runs Hong Chung Culture and Entertainment, a bookstore and movie theater chain. Lin feels that in the past, Kaohsiung's cultural side was underdeveloped. This situation forced many Kaohsiungites who studied humanities at college to move away from the city to find work.
「高雄不是沒有在地人才，而是早期的就業機會限制，這類人才都外流了」，經營連鎖書店和電影院的宏總文化育樂事業股份有限公司總經理林佐振認為，早年高雄的文化事業還不發達，使得許多學人文科系的高雄子弟不得不留在外地，尤其是台北工作。