Focusing upon the impacts of cultural capital and class identity, this study uses the case of Kaohsiung to explore into the ways of Kaohsiung residents to see art and cultural development. Data have been collected through a city-wide telephone random survey and analyzed from the perspective of Pierre Bourdieu to sort out the causes and consequences of different viewpoints regarding cultural issues. Statistic analyses show that, to some extent, cultural standpoints have been the result of the symbolic violence of class power. Higher cultural and social capitals, according to regression analyses, are more likely to encourage local art production and consumption, as well as grant priority and support to municipal policies of cultural industries. However, those who pay little attention to the importance of cultural development tend to be younger and higher class identification. Overall speaking, Kaohsiung residents recognize cultural progress which had been made in these years, but still feel unsatisfied with the status quo and the cultural gap between Taipei and Kaohsiung.