Top-heavy island There is an old expression that goes "Taipei for government, Kaohsiung for industry." There has long been unbalanced development that has led many to describe the island as "top heavy."
所謂「政治的台北、工業的高雄」，長久以來在此不均衡的發展下，北高兩市出現明顯的頭重腳輕現象。