The idyllic environment is enhanced by the modern equipment--color TV sets, refrigerators, electric washers, rice cookers, and stereo Hi Fi systems, which can be found in every home. Puli residents boast: "There are no poor people here."
埔里鎮擁有如此豐富的天然資源與物產，任何居民只要肯努力經營，沒有一戶不是豐衣足食的，既可享有鄉居樂趣，又能擁有電氣化的現代家庭設備，難怪一位鎮民很自豪的說：「埔里是個沒有貧戶的鄉鎮！」