The streetscape of Changhua City has not changed much in the past 40 years, the city has not improved, and the population has been sucked away by the neighboring city of Taichung.

(Photo by reporter Zhang Congqiu)

[Reporter Zhang Congqiu/Changhua Report] According to the latest statistics from the Department of Household Affairs of the Ministry of the Interior, among the top five counties and cities with the most serious population loss last year, Changhua County showed a negative net population migration throughout the year, with a loss of 6,340 people, the second highest in Taiwan. Second only to Taipei City, the adjacent Taichung City has the second highest population growth net migration in Taiwan, with an increase of 8,012 people. Changhua people laugh at themselves, and at least half of the population increase in Taichung was contributed by Changhua.

As of the end of February this year, the total population of Changhua County was 1,244,993, a drop of 8,004 compared to the same period last year. It's getting serious.

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70% of the county's population is between the ages of 15 and 64. This group of middle-aged and middle-aged people has elders to take care of and children to support. The burden of the economy has intensified, and they have become the middle class who are stepping on the poverty line. Those on the edge of poverty are known as the group that is about to fall into the whirlpool of quicksand of poverty. The society calls this group of people "middle-aged quicksand".

38-year-old Mr. Wang said that he is a typical "quick sand middle-aged" child who was just born, and his parents are in their 60s and close to 70 years old. He lives with his parents in an old apartment. He pretends to take care of his parents, but he is actually unable to buy a house. , a family of three generations plus an unmarried younger sister, a total of 6 people lived in an old apartment.

32-year-old Ms. Chen works in a public bank. She is single and works in Changhua City. She bought a house in Taichung Wuri High-Speed ​​Railway Station Special Zone. She said that if you buy an apartment with 10 million yuan, you will have double the chance of earning if you invest in Taichung. The cost is very high. It is okay to buy a high-priced house in Changhua for self-occupation, but it is difficult to resell it to make money!

Last year, Changhua’s net population migration was negative, with a net migration of 6,340 people, the second highest in the country. By the end of February this year, the population remained at just over 1.24 million.

(provided by the county government)