Despite the conflict and division, some people in the neighboring areas of Shantzuhou began to work as domestic help at the American community for extra income, and aspects of American life such as Western suits, cola, sandwiches and basketball gradually filtered into the nearby communities, transforming Shantzuhou from a plain, traditional farming village into a Westernized commercial district.
衝突與隔閡外，山仔后鄰近的民眾也開始有人靠著替美軍幫傭、賺取外快為生；代表美式家居生活的西裝、可樂、三明治、籃球等文化，逐漸在鄰近社區擴散開來，山仔后也從原本儉樸傳統的農業聚落，轉變為散發洋味的商業市街。