I knew virtually nothing about Meinung, to say nothing of other Hakka areas of Taiwan. "" Young people from rural areas are not allowed to go back to their hometowns." Chang says that this idea is especially strong among the Hakka. Young people who return home are viewed as having been unable to make the grade in the outside world.
「在鄉下地區，年輕人回鄉是不被允許的」，張正揚說，客家地區這種價值判斷更為強烈，年輕人回鄉總被視為在外面混不下去。