Taiwan's Secret: How Tainan Changed My Mind About Taiwan 

台南的食物是全台灣最好吃的period。還記得我在高雄讀書的那段時間，班上都是全台灣各地來的同學，我們會直接騎機車飆到台南，整天什麼都不做，就是狂吃，什麼都吃一點，一天吃了10幾樣東西，撐到不能再撐才騎回高雄。除了食物以外就是滿滿的人文氣息，這裡有很多老房子改建的餐廳或是咖啡廳，很多長大後沒有忘本，致力於發揚本土文化的青年。這樣的氛圍全台灣我只在台南看過。

台南是一個特別的城市，我大學就在台南讀書才有幸體會到，整個城市瀰漫著新舊世代的歷史痕跡，空氣中充滿chill的味道，除非你在那生活過，否則無法體會魅力在哪，而且台南的酒吧外國人很多，台南人非常好客熱情，我幾個大學同學畢業後選擇留在那工作呢~~~

臺南是臺灣最早開發的城市，在 300多年的文化薰陶之下，充滿人文韻味的街頭巷尾； 臺南素有文化古都之美稱，擁有多項地方特有的民俗傳統技藝及反映歷史的文化活動； 臺南至今仍就具有臺灣最多樣化的小吃，小吃是臺南市一大特色，亦是重要觀光資源； 臺灣最有人情味的一群人應該就居住在臺南這裡，這裡也是國際級導演李安的家鄉哦！ 國慶煙火明天將首次在臺南安平的漁光島施放，預計施放1萬6,882發，時長約33分鐘。👍😄

好喜歡你們這集的視角，我喜歡身後那些有歷史的老房子，喜歡台南的淳樸及低調且深厚的文化！住過那5年，最美的青春在這度過，離開後卻令我時時魂牽夢繫，希望以後有機會再回來這裡生根！ 我愛台南，我的第二故鄉❤️

之前去台南都只是走馬看花或開車到觀光景點，感覺不到他原始的魅力，上個月跟家人將車子停好，直接走路在台南街上走，終於感受到他的魅力，古城一條街全部都是婚紗店跟喜餅店，且走在騎樓下感受到古時候阿嫲年代的氣份，在其他城市完全沒的氛圍在台南都感受的到，那次逛街5個小時後，回到家過一星期心中只想還想去台南走走，之前對城市的感受是要先進光鮮，但在台南可以感受到古代的繁榮留下來的味道，美食又多很棒

身為北部人，我必須說大家都超愛台南的❤ 出去玩很常去台南

Totally agree with your points about Tainan. Seems like it would be a very livable city.

我愛土狗

台南讓人感覺慢活沒壓力，舒適度夠，慢慢放鬆一身的疲憊。度假好去處。

台南市一個人口密度、城市、鄉村平衡的很好的地方，人口能支持一般的商業發展房租等物價又不會太高，要創業還是生活都有很大的空間讓你發展，飲食文化又以吃食材為主不像台北是吃食品較多，很適合生活與沈澱的地方

台南有些建築剩一半，是因為政府重新規劃路拓寬佔到路地。台南市中西區的海安路就是這樣，房子的一半佔到路地而拆一半，海安路很多破碎的房子很難看，藝術家把它塗成藍色跟白色，取名為藍曬圖，現在的藍曬圖園區也是沿用那時的概念

因為政府只徵收到所需路面面積，後面要花錢自己推倒，有時候只徵收到整棟房子的1/3或1/4比起徵收的金額，後面要花更多錢處理(古早徵收金額不高)乾脆棄置，早期我家就有這樣的房子，拿徵收的錢去推倒房子剛好什麼都沒有，我為甚麼要去推倒它，一棄置就是30年

臺南不會因為你是休假才喜歡那裏的，當你住在臺南之後，你只會越來喜歡，不會因為住了之後變討厭和無聊的，因為充滿人文氣息，文化、書鄉味濃厚，更多值得你去探尋和感受。

台南是很多台灣人喜歡的城市，他們絕對不低調，因為他們有很多很美的建築、有很多美食，我超愛台南的❤️

For me this was home. Truly second to none. Thanks for the memory guys. So many familiar places. Nothing was better than exploring these lost alleyways and small roads. Really cool alleys near Hai-an rd.

Tainan is super friendly, super chill, and is historically the cultural capital of the island. You are always welcome !!! Thanks for an awesome video!

I have been to Tainan a few times - it has its interesting charm. More relaxed than Taipei, and a sense of history.

I’ve lived in Tainan for 6 years and I love it. Living in Anping now, best area for sure.

謝謝🙏到我的家鄉走走😄慢慢品嘗美食喔！

As a local tainan people , i'm so glad to hear that you like it ... hope the vibe won't disappear in the future .

謝謝您喜歡台南，歡迎再來體驗它的美麗，慢活的氛圍，還有台南的小吃！相信跟其他城市非常不同！

台中是台灣人認為天氣最好的城市，消費習慣也是有南有北的綜合城市，台南則是台灣人一致認定的美食之都歷史古都，都很讚啦😆

The half torn down houses, as far as I know, is because the Tainan city has been expanding tiny alleyways during the last few decades. (Tainan used to have a lot more alleys.) Lots of buildings were totally knocked down. Some were taken down partially with the left over space so small even though some home owners rebuilt their tiny houses on their lots, others just left them the way they are maybe due to lack of budget or other reasons.

如果台灣每個縣市的交通建設都完全一樣，南部的觀光成績絕對在頂尖。

身為台中人我也超級喜歡台南的！！！ 台中商業氣息很重而且對機車族很不友善！台南富有文化人也很善良

I’m in Tainan right now. Totally agree with your take on the aesthetics and architecture. Pretty laid back. Nice change of pace from Taipei and Taichung.

台南真的有獨特的美感，去不膩，每次都有新發現。

台南的美食及人文風情太棒了，每次去都想定居。 桃園中壢人留。

Prozzie, been watching your videos for a while now. Just moved from Chicago to Taiwan last month, so thanks for all the recommendations of places to visit. :) And Alan, I was in Liverpool this past January, so go Liverpool!

會有很多被拆一半的房子，主要是因為道路拓寬計劃，因為台南是古城，那時也沒有汽車這種東西，所以道路並不寬，就不適合車子的行駛，就像歐洲很多古城鎮一樣，有很多道路車子是不能行駛的。 但會留存只拆了一半的房子，我確實也覺得是問題，很顯然的，施工部門沒有完善其工作。或有另一種可能，是政府徵收了部份房屋土地，但房子的所有權人，拿了徵收款，但卻不想善後，這種問題在古城裡很常見，因為房屋的所有權人，因為遺產繼承的關係，變成一間房子，但所有權人非常的多，最後變成沒人要出錢善後房子的部份。像我高雄的親戚家，一間房子竟然有二十幾個所有權人，這是非常可怕又難處理的。 抱歉我英文不太好，只能請你身邊的人翻譯給你聽了。

台南人路過，支持這部影片

This was how it was explained to me a couple of decades ago. When the government seizes land for eminent domain, they only take the amount of land actually needed.... if the remaining building isn't a safety threat.... then the original landowner would need to pay for the demolition of that remaining part. There are tons of examples in Tainan where those half buildings are just left standing for years.

Tainan is a place which grows on you as you live in it longer and longer in time, not sure if its because of the food, the people or the connection to it's history. But the whole thing feels very sophisticated and cultural and I love absolutely everything about it.

30幾年前要挖海安路地下街，一封路就是二十幾年，住在幾十米深大洞旁都受不了搬走了，更不可能整修，市長也坐牢了。後來辦了燈會受到外縣市朋友的青睞，台南才慢慢擺脫財政困難，前幾年把地下街改成地下停車場才通車，被粗暴拆除的舊屋作裝置藝術，它提醒我台南曾經破敗滄桑的過去。市區建築把廣告招牌拆去後，露出的建築物原貌都讓我感動不已，常常停紅燈就忘了綠燈😊也許該感謝招牌把美麗的事物保護住留給下一代，一家家凋零的老店又重新活絡起來，真好

I have a more technical answer to your question. It is because when the government wanted to widen the road, they only buy off the portion they need from the landlord. Then technically, the government cannot touch private land when they are doing public work so they just chop off half of the building. There are many MANY rich families in Tainan who owns those land for like over one hundred years. They got very rich during the 70s and 80s owning lots of developed land across the city and then they migrated to the US, Canada, Japan etc. So they don't really care if a small portion of their property is left abandoned as long as they could make money through rents on the main street. The government of Tainan had recognised the problem in the early 2000s and have been working through various programmes to incentivise the landlords to either regenerate their property or allow agencies to manage the regeneration of their properties. So a lot of sites you saw in the city is actually the progress made so far to tackle this issue but it is still a work in progress. BTW there is a private effort on this matter, too. Some successful business people from Tainan are buying abandoned houses in the city, restore it and assign agencies to manage it on their behalf. Many become the shops in the alleyway you see today.

Congrats on 90k!

很喜歡這影片，所以用影片做了英語教學，並附上您的原影片出處，謝謝 I enjoyed this video so much that I used it as a resource to create my own English learning video. I've also included the source link to your original video. Thank you.

In 1969 i was stationed in Taichung and I circumvented Taiwan on a motorcycle. There were only “dirt” roads between the South and Hua Lin. A real adventure and grueling.

Tainan also has some of the best stinky tofu, I live in the Guiren region, its very laid back, also the 'gangsters' have very cool cars that shoot flames to the beat of their music :D

Tainan is also my favorite city in Taiwan too!

普遍印象： 台北->現代、商業化、交通方便 新竹->高科技、工業發達 台中->地點方便、氣候良好 台南->古都、廟宇多 高雄->地大物博、炎熱

The half torn buildings are from a big earth quake few years back alot of buildings collapsed even water pipes in the ground were destroyed in some parts so we didn't have water for a week until they fixed it. During that week the fire brigade and water trucks ould bring water and you had to line up to fill up buckets

Have you done a video about LuKang? It is a sweet little town.

台南最好玩最好吃阿~XDDD而且真的很美~連舊建築都很有美感

Prozzie gushing about Tainan for 10 minutes straight is the best thing that's happened this week

Tainan is a great city and your correct the food is great there, that's one of the things Tainan is known for. There is alot of things to do in Tainan and alot of history

台南是幾百年前的台灣首都！ 它有保留一些古老城市氛圍 美食小吃NO.1

Please use "影片(clips)" instead of "視頻"。 "視頻"means "video frequency", we don't know what it means. For your information, Tainan used to be the capital of Taiwan when the Netherlands, the kingdom of Tyawan and the Ching(清) Empire occupied the Formosa. The food of Tainan is tend to be a little bit sweet, the reason is that only the citizens in the capital city could afford the most expensive sugar and proud to show it off in the long long past times . Hope this gives you an outline of Taiwan history.

Tainanese fellow here!! Thanks for liking my hometown.

Thank you! My home town, 台南

If you're going to taitung, there's a restaurant you can not miss in chenggong. You'll have the best sweet and sour (spicy) mahi mahi

nice work on the subtitles!

我喜歡你的視頻，因為在室外，又走動的，這樣的方式來配合你的內容，最有說服力

This video was awesome really makes me want to visit Taiwan and this city. Stay awesome lobster bros

Whoever disliked the video upon publishing is a tool....

快來台南~歡迎你們!!

Tainan is famous in Taiwan for its history and its food. It's not off the radar; it's a top destination in Taiwan. Before 1885, it was Taiwan's capital, known back then as Taiwanfoo.

台南的隔壁城市嘉義也有保留很多日治時期的舊建築~~歡迎Prozzi & Allan一起來逛逛~~

I live in Tainan. I was placed here 2 months ago. So far it's cool. But I want more English and younger people. The place itself is super chill and cute, but I want more to do

Many many foreign companies come to Taiwan in the coming year, so I believe that the cost of Tainan’s land will be increased . There will have more jobs opportunities,especially IT fields .

Same here, I am a Taichung people, but I like Tainan city, people...food...city view, except the weather in summer. 👍

其實不能用現代化來比較每個城市，以環島來說台南是必停的地方，因為是美食及人文都很豐富的。

身為台中人，我覺得台南很有自己的文化特色，但吃的方面就不太適應，因為很多小吃都是甜的，不是說不好吃，但有一些小吃是甜到有點受不了的甜。此外，台南、高雄的熱也是我有點吃不消的地方。

Talking about ‘Esthetics’~~ Prozzie is a romantic~~ I love it!!! (Also love this Platonic ‘dialogue’ between you two~~)

Great to see Tainan getting some love, fantastic place to live. Hope you have a blast on your huan dao, i just got back from one yesterday and it was so sick. Are you guys going to come back to taizhong through taroko? its a fucking mental ride, strong recommend. 加油！

Every city has its own development footprint... you need to discover or meet a certain one that is moved in your heart 🧐😍

Interesting video👍

I like Tainan as well. It is a unique and style place.

so close to 100k... help the Prozz out!

Tainan is my favorite city, if you have more time in Tainan, you will find more attractive places in this city : )

If I were to live in Taiwan, Tainan would be my first consideration. Its true, there is a definite vibe you feel when there that's different from other places in Taiwan. Maybe it being a large college town that makes it different? I'm looking forward to finding out on my next visit.

我是台北人、但台南是我的最愛、食物太好吃了👍👍👍

Thanks for your video to show me the most current Tainan. I love Tainan too, but due to COVID 19, I am not able to visit Taiwan. Thanks again!

Hey Prozzie, I just booked a trip to Ottawa and Montreal in December! 🇨🇦

Tainan, Lu-gun(in Chan-hua) and Mon-jia(in Taipei, Wan-hua disrict). 一府二鹿三艋舺. The three cities still keep their own historical/cultural beauty. As a Taipei-er(?), I admire the way native Tainanese live, they are so rich in every aspects of daily life, food, temples, artisans, designers, etc. (oh and also lots of low profile millionaires)

Yeah, definitely feeling the Tainan aesthetic. Nice weather, beautiful historical culture, great food. I agree on Taichung. I mean, its a comfortable place to live but it does lack the personality that Tainan has.

Most cities in Taiwan have been going through a constant urban renewal. But this process varies in difficulty depending on the city's history and size. This city of Tainan is particularly hostile to urban renewal due to the residents' pride and sense of ownership. During the Manchurian colonial period, the Manchu removed all horse and horse drawn carts from Taiwan as a measure of rebellion prevention. They even relocated the capital to Taipei because they feared the people of Tainan. And the roadways were made narrow and winding since there were no need for faster horse based traffic. This causes major challenges for city planners when they tried to modernize the streets. They figured that if only they disappropriate the minimal amount of private property for public projects, the would face the least of resistance. Hence the half torn down houses.

Damn, I never expected this novelty account to pay off like this. Sup Prozzman

That was the one city I wish i had gotten to while I was in Taiwan, but I just didn't have enough time off work before I left... whoops, looks like I'll just have to go back and visit.

可是根據我的觀察，台南的觀光人數，多於台中。很多旅客離開台北都會到台南和高雄，台中反而不一定。 感謝有中文字幕。

There's a house outside my grandmother's apartment that looks perfectly normal from the ground level. It looks like it has a tree in the backyard too. See it from the 6th floor, it's fucking hollow and the tree has grown from the INSIDE of the house and burst through the remnants of a roof.

Tainan is a city with soul ❤️

Tainan is unique but Taichung is really a good city to live though I was born and raised in Taipei.

How do you guys do the translation on your videos? Just curious. Is it a super tedious process?

Tainan is famous for the food the beautiful museum and the wonderful beach. Tainan also noted for the 土狗 helping. And it's famous for the small roads the parking lots beside the roads, too...

5:27 嗯，認同！😘

You will find food was very good too in this city!

台南是台灣第一個建城，1624年荷蘭人開始在安平建城(安平古堡)。 但是400年前的安平只是台江內海外的一個島。 鄭家軍當時是開船渡台江內海打赤崁樓。 現在的台南市西門路以西的土地，400年前幾乎是海 後來漢人明朝/清朝和日本國，都在台南留下很多遺跡遺物。 所以台南舊市區(又稱府城)有很多古蹟，官民建築都有。 近年市政府大力修舊日本遺留建物，市區多處呈現美學風格建築。 這次國慶煙火施放地漁光島，隔著鯤鯓湖位於安平外 目前的安平區有部分被安平運河環繞成了一個島，以13座橋樑連結市區 台灣沿海各城市，只有台南市的市政中心在島上

另外;大多數在台灣...若是有延著整條街都掛著燈籠的那種情形的話...那麼;通常那是表示在那附近有廟宇要準備"作醮"了！(而燈籠所掛之處的每一家..就是有要參與作醮的範圍。)

I have pretty much the same opinions as you in regards to Taiwan. Tainan is my favorite city, but I live in Kaohsiung because it's a lot more convenient.

我台中人，在台南待過四年，我也覺得台中的都市計劃讓這座城市不夠有個性，不然台中其實也有屬於它的歷史。台中給外人的印象就是高樓很多，然後就沒了。但我遇過的一些台南人覺得比較喜歡台中 @@

Maybe next time, you can come to Chiayi City, or every city.

現在才發現Prozzie的聲音很好聽

我剛好也是喜歡台南高雄多過台中 確實那種感覺很難形容

連續假期多玩多探索臺灣景點。

Allan一直吐嘈也太好笑

❤感謝分享☀

Lived in Tainan/Taichung/Chai-Yi now stay in Taipei, and Tainan is still my first choice if average salary isn’t considered lol

在台南長大時，我花盡了力氣要離開這個地方 - 因為這地方太小，太土，沒辦法容納我和我的夢想。現在看著這個影片，大家喜歡的就是是又小又土的台南。或許我過時了。

台南人路過~ 我比較喜歡台中 xD