Lacking the conditions for industrial development, it seemed that Puli's "march to prosperity" was slowed to a hobble. But just because of this it has been able to avoid the air pollution, propagation of sex industries, and interpersonal alienation characteristic of overdevelopment.
缺乏發展工商業的條件，埔里「邁向繁華」的腳步看似遲緩沉重，卻也因此得以倖免於過度開發帶來的空氣汙染、色情泛濫、人際疏離等負面代價。