The young men of the village loved playing basketball; some even formed gangs, loitering and fighting. The girls were trendy and sociable. This was outlandish in the eyes of the conservative locals at that time, and outsiders did not enter the villages lightly.
而眷村男孩愛打籃球，血氣方剛地打群架混「外省掛」（幫派）；眷村女孩則有著追求時髦、個性開放的形象，這在當時保守純樸的本省民眾眼中覺得另類，外人甚至不敢輕易踏進眷村。