"The returnees have quite a wary attitude," says writer Lucy Tuann. She believes that returnees naturally wish to be able to live there indefinitely. They feel that this is the place they were born and grew up, the place with whose cultural milieu they are most familiar.
「回流的人頗有觀望心態」，現住香港的小說家陳若曦認為，回來的人當然希望能一直住下去，畢竟這是自己從小生長的地方，有自己最熟悉的文化氛圍。