Planners point out that in the future there will be less pressure from migration into the city of transient residents. The establishment of planned satellite communities surrounding the main metro area will also relieve population pressures. Residents of these communities will commute to the city to work during the day, and in the evening return to their homes in the satellite communities.
「但未來在都市工作的人仍會不斷成長，不過因北市的地價愈來愈貴，所以大家遷往市郊的衛星城居住」，辛晚教教授描述未來北市是「白天人口內移，晚上人口外移」。