Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe TALANPO, Taiwan, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- A remote community in high-tech Taiwan is still without electricity and many of its residents like it that way. One 28-year-old man, Masawo, has seen the bright lights of the city but likes the community spirit in the aboriginal hamlet known locally as "the Dark Village" near Talanpo, the BBC reported Monday. Advertisement "It's not necessary to have electricity," he said. "You can wash clothes by hand. With no TV, we have more time to chat and discuss together." Not all of the town's people agree. Potal, 66, says he "really, really" wants to have electricity. "I've been living there for so long, but now I want to enjoy some modern facilities," he said. "I've been waiting for this for such a long time." Recently, the government brought power near the settlement to pump water from nearby streams. It has fueled the debate on bringing electricity into the community. Presbyterian church leader Rev. Chang Ying-mei has been instrumental in helping people think about how it wants to develop in the future. "Power won't change their lives ... but who knows? People's desires are endless," she said. "But one thing will change. The name, the Dark Village, will have to go." Advertisement
