Truro was named in 2006 as the top small city in the United Kingdom for increasing house prices, at 262% since 1996. There is a large demand for new housing in the city, and a call for inner city properties to be converted into flats or houses to encourage city centre living and to alleviate the dependence on cars.ruro was named in 2006 as the top small city in the United Kingdom for increasing house prices, at 262% since 1996. There is a large demand for new housing in the city, and a call for inner city properties to be converted into flats or houses to encourage city centre living and to alleviate the dependence on cars.
Together with the city of Keelung, they make up the Taipei Metropolitan Area, which has a total population of 7,046,811. Other major cities in Taiwan are Kaohsiung City (pop 2,778,918), Taichung City (pop 2,752,413) and Tainan City (pop 1,885,252). No other Taiwanese city has a population of more than 500,000 people.
During the era of Japanese occupation, Taichung was only a town with a few populations because of the infertility of the soil. Until after 1947, it made great progress in economy and people's lives. It is 163 square kilometers in area and has a population of about 920,000. Therefore, Taichung stands as central Taiwan's most important city, and the third largest in Taiwan. Taichung is proud of its educational and cultural heritages. It is named the Cultural City..