Over the past decade or so, as Taiwan's economy has boomed, the urban population has grown rapidly, and land prices have skyrocketed (often as a result of speculation). Overnight, it seems, Taiwan's simple rural culture has disappeared.
近十數年來，隨著台灣經濟的成長，都市人口激增，土地價格暴漲，其間又有不肖商人從中炒作，質樸意簡的台灣文化似乎在一夕之間全然消逝。