"In fact, Marseilles people and Kaohsiung people are a lot alike," comments Frenchman Stephane Ferrero, who resides in Taiwan. The two port cities are rough-and-ready, openhearted and outspoken, and feel put out by the way everybody focuses on the capital, to which they are loath to cede superior status.
「馬賽和高雄人還蠻像的，」旅居台灣、經常來往於台北高雄間的法國人石岱評論，兩個港都都粗獷豪氣，對所有人眼光都集中在首都，有種不甘願、不服輸的心理。