So many karaoke places, MTV centers (clubs with individual rooms for viewing videos) and imitation Taiwanese restaurants and tea houses have appeared in Shanwai that the district has been likened to chic east Taipei and called Kinmen's "little East Side."
「山外」的街道上更出現了卡拉 OK、MTV，以及與台灣相仿的各式餐廳、茶藝館，因此被金門人比擬為台北市繁華熱鬧的東區，而稱為「小東區」。