In a poll Tseng took of the local residents in 1978, he found that the only feature of the town that made a deep impression on them was Fort Anping. Fort Anping seems like the town's sole reminder of its past glory.
安平的現況與過往的確不可同日而語，曾國恩曾於民國六十七年作過一個調查，問當地人「你覺得安平值得驕傲的是什麼？」