No express trains stop at Yingko's station, and the town is made even more remote because the roads leading to it are always jammed with large trucks bringing finished pottery out or taking raw materials in.
當地居民除了學生，幾乎都從事與陶瓷有關的行業。鶯歌鎮一直有「台灣的景德鎮」之稱，林立的煙囪，裊裊的飛煙，家家戶戶門口堆置的陶土原料和素胚，正說明鎮上陶瓷工業的發達。