With the pace of development lagging behind the times, many of the top-notch people that were drawn to the area because of Tsinghua University, Chiao Tung University, ITRI and the science park, didn't wish to live in Hsinchu itself.
發展腳步跟不上需求，使得新竹以清大、交大、工研院，以及科學園區而吸引來的高素質人才不願居留。