North–South divide in Taiwan

It is claimed that owing to the Kuomintang's long-standing bias, especially over the White Terror period, the gap between the north and the south in terms of social and economic development has gradually widened.

[5][6][7] From 1990 to 1998, the Mayor of Kaohsiung, Wu Den-yih, frequently criticized the KMT-led central government for its bias in favor of the north and against the south.

[9][10][11] Tianlongguo (天龍國; 'Celestial Dragon Country', also Tianlong) is a pejorative term referring to Taipei residents' apparent nobility or aloofness.

[20] An article published in a demographic and land economics journal by National Chengchi University suggested that the reasons for the high housing prices in the northern region are mainly due to the government's long-standing economic policy of favoring the north over the south, the high concentration of population in metropolitan areas, and the scarcity of major construction projects providing employment opportunities in the south.

[22] This is thought to result from disparities in factors like access to medical resources, quality of life, personal fitness and others.

[26] "The central government hasn't even hosted any public-funded medical school across Kaohsiung, Pingtung, Penghu and Taitung yet!