A Grace at ZhuDong 竹東鎮風土人情的一瞥

The local butcher is a bit more convenient here.

This town is what they consider "countryside", which simply means smaller
urban enclaves interspersed with tiny farms. We are also on the edge of
some hills and there are some trails going up into them. This area isn't
near any major employers, so it is poorer. We were told that it was an area
where the Hakka dialect was spoken, but the real story seems to be a large
number of the mothers come from places like Vietnam or Indonesia and are
having trouble adjusting. Most of the young people head off to the city
after growing up, so there are plenty of children at the church but not
so many helpers.

This is behind the church. Perhaps this was countryside in 1948.

This is a top view of what they call "countryside".

竹東鎮位於台灣新竹縣中心的一個鎮，人口約9.7萬人，鎮內居民以客家族群為主，
竹東早期以製造樟腦聞名,其後石油的鑽探、水泥及玻璃工業的設廠及林場集散場的
拓展下,使本鎮的繁榮一日千里，因為從前雄踞內山，為全台三大鎮之一，現有工業
技術研究院和新竹科學園區第三期計畫，已經轉型為高科技研發中心。