As Linpien mayor Chen Chang-chen explains, ground subsidence has led to seawater seepage, giving the soil a degree of salinity that is conducive to the growth of wax apple trees, and makes the district's wax apples so sweet and crunchy.
林邊鄉長陳長振指出，受到地層下陷影響，致使海水倒灌滲透內陸，使林邊的土地略帶鹽分，形成適合蓮霧栽植的特殊條件，致使林邊的蓮霧品質特佳，甜脆可口。