Because the area is well inland and the inhabitants are almost all "congenitally conservative" Hakkas, Meinung has been less affected by Taiwan's industrialization than almost any other locality. The look of a traditional rural town has survived relatively well here.
由於靠近內陸，加上居民幾乎全是天性純樸的客家人，所以美濃在台灣工商化過程中，成為改變最少、保存傳統農村較完整的地區。