"Kaohsiung's living environment is obviously not up to the standards of the middle and northern parts of the island in such respects as air and water quality and cultural atmosphere," says Wang Chin-hsiang, who spends five days a week in the city but makes his home in Taichung. This is the fundamental obstacle slowing immigration to the city.
「高雄的生活環境，如水、空氣汙染和文化氣息等，很明顯的都還達不到中北部的水準」，家在台中、每星期有五天在高雄住宿舍的會計師王錦祥坦承，這多少造成遷居高雄的阻力。