Take Ximending, for example. During the Japanese era, it was Taipei's most fashionable entertainment district, and older Taipei residents remember it as the city's movie district. But the area went into decline when the city's center of development shifted eastward.
以西門町為例，這裡曾是日治時代最時髦的娛樂中心，是老台北人記憶中的電影街，隨著城市發展重心轉移而一度沒落。