There are abandoned gas stations all over Taiwan. The reasons are mostly the classic rise of the Taiwan miracle and making owning a gas station a lucrative business. But over time the money stopped rolling in, and coupled with rural flight, the golden gas station age was over.
The history of the gas stations is discussed much better over here in the Spectal Codex blog.
Let’s get to the gas stations.
This gas station is one of the better ones I’ve seen. It’s just outside of Ligang, near the Ligang Bridge 里港大橋. I especially like the car wash.
Whoa whoa whoa whoa
Talkin’ about the car wash, girl
A video look around.
This one is just outside of Yanshui downtown 鹽水區. It was cool because a dog came out and looked and then went back to sleep. No annoying barking or aggressive acts. He knew I was just there for a moment and didn’t want to kick him out of his place.
This is another one that is in either Tainan or Chaiyi County.
This one is outside of Kaohsiung City, on the way to Tainan.
Another one in rural Kaohsiung. (I think.)
This one was seen somewhere outside of Taitung 台東市.
I forget where I saw this one.
This one was somewhere out in (what I still call) Tainan County.
I enjoyed the tropical feel.
This one is from 2016 and was on the way to Kenting 墾丁.
Another one in Kaohsiung’s countryside. Not really abandoned, but not a gas station anymore either.
There are many abandoned gas stations all over Taiwan. How many have you seen?
Bonus Canadian one.
I will add to this blog post from time to time.
Formosa>Ex 
When I finished college, before I ever went to Taiwan (and that was about 50 years ago), I resided in Azusa, California. I recall walking past a former gas station there and considering renting it and converting it to housing. Of course, I had no money to do so, but I could dream, couldn’t I?
I now reside in the USA again, where there is a significant shortage of housing. That is not true in Taiwan… yet. I wonder what entity owns the property… land and buildings, of these abandoned gas stations, and why they haven’t been colonized by poorly housed or unhoused populations there, yet. I suppose it would be impossible to get the water and power reconnected legally, but that has not often stopped clever people, has it?
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I do see some unhoused or places that were used by people. But I am amazed that it isn’t more. But I guess maybe the worse things get the more it will happen here
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