Imagine a place where your neighbors greet your children by name;

想像一下有個地方， 你的鄰居叫得出你孩子的名字；

a place where you can drive just 20 minutes

It&#39;s a seductive place, isn&#39;t it?

但是我的確踏上 近四萬四千公里的旅程，

for two years, to the fastest-growing and whitest counties in America.

在兩年間，到美國幾個快速成長 且居民很白的幾個縣走走。

First, a Whitopia has posted at least six percent population growth since 2000.

第一，白色烏托邦自 2000 年起 至少有 6% 的人口成長。

Secondly, the majority of that growth comes from white migrants.

第二，人口成長 主要是因為白種人移入。

And third, the Whitopia has an ineffable charm,

第三，白色烏托邦 有著難以言喻的魅力，

To learn how and why Whitopias are ticking,

要瞭解白色烏托邦如何 又為何會發展起來，

I immersed myself for several months apiece in three of them:

我花了幾個月 讓自己深入其中三個地方：

First stop, St. George -- a beautiful town of red rock landscapes.

第一站，聖喬治， 是個有著紅岩景色的美麗小鎮，

In the 1850s, Brigham Young dispatched families to St. George

1850 年代，摩門教的楊百翰 差派數個家庭到聖喬治種植棉花，

to grow cotton because of the hot, arid climate.

因為那裡的炎熱乾燥氣候很適合。

And so they called it Utah&#39;s Dixie, and the name sticks to this day.

因此他們稱這裡為猶他之南， 而且這個名字延用至今。

I approached my time in each Whitopia like an anthropologist.

我以人類學者之姿 前進每一座白色烏托邦。

I made detailed spreadsheets of all the power brokers in the communities,

我在試算表上列出社區裡 所有的權力掮客，

who I needed to meet, where I needed to be,

什麼人一定要見， 需要出現在什麼地方，

and I threw myself with gusto in these communities.

而且我興致勃勃的 去參與社區活動。

I went to Democratic clubs and Republican clubs.

In St. George, I rented a home at the Entrada,

我在聖喬治的 「怡家」社區租了一棟房子，

one of the town&#39;s premier gated communities.

這是城裡數一數二 有警衛管理的豪宅區。

There were no Motel 6&#39;s or Howard Johnsons for me.

我可不能住在廉價的 汽車旅館或連鎖飯店。

I lived in Whitopia as a resident, and not like a visitor.

我要在白色烏托邦裡當居民， 而不是觀光客。

我是打電話租屋的。 （譯注：不用顯示自己是黑人）

Golf is the perfect seductive symbol of Whitopia.

高爾夫是白色烏托邦的 完美誘惑代表。

By the time I left, I was golfing at least three times a week.

但在我結束時， 我每星期至少要打三次。

Some of the best interviews I ever scored during my trip were on the golf courses.

這趟旅程中我最好的訪談 都是在高爾夫球場上聊來的。

One venture capitalist, for example, invited me to golf in his private club

舉個例子，有位創投業者 邀我去他私人的高爾夫俱樂部，

Because I had never fished, this fellow had to teach me

因為我從來沒釣過魚， 這傢伙還得教我

how to cast my line and what bait to use.

It was Texas Hold &#39;em with a $10 buy-in.

My poker mates may have been bluffing about the hands that they drew,

雖然我的撲克牌友每次 都虛張聲勢說自己有一手好牌，

but they weren&#39;t bluffing about their social beliefs.

但他們對於自己的 社會信念可一點都不假。

Some of the most raw, salty conversations I ever had

during my journey were at the poker table.

I love to cook, I hosted many dinner parties, and in return,

我很愛烹飪，開了很多晚餐趴，

people invited me to their dinner parties,

他們也回邀我去他們的晚餐趴，

and to their barbecues, and to their pool parties,

Immigration turned out to be a big issue in this Whitopia.

事實證明移民在這座 白色烏托邦是個大議題。

The St. George&#39;s Citizens Council on Illegal Immigration

聖喬治的「整治非法移民市民委員會」

held regular and active protests against immigration,

定期舉行抗議活動， 積極反對外來移民，

and so what I gleaned from this Whitopia is what a hot debate this would become.

所以我在這座 白色烏托邦搜集到的情報，

It was a real-time preview, and so it has become.

就是這可能會成為 非常激烈的辯論。

Next stop: Almost Heaven, a cabin I rented for myself

這是當時的即時預覽， 而現在的確也變成如此。

in Coeur d&#39;Alene, in the beautiful North Idaho panhandle.

下一站：科達倫的「人間天堂」 是我給我自己租的小木屋，

I rented this place for myself, also by phone.

位於美麗的愛達荷州， 狹長的那一塊。

我自己租下這個地方， 也是用電話。

The book &quot;A Thousand Places To See Before You Die&quot; lists Coeur d&#39;Alene --

it&#39;s a gorgeous paradise for huntsmen, boatmen and fishermen.

《1000 個死前必遊勝地》 柯達倫名列其一。

My growing golf skills came in handy in Coeur d&#39;Alene.

那真的是獵人、船友 及漁友的美麗天堂。

我愈來愈好的高爾夫技巧 在柯達倫派上用場。

我與退休的洛杉磯警察 一起打高爾夫。

fled Los Angeles after the L.A. racial unrest,

1993 年，約有 一萬一千個家庭及警察，

for North Idaho, and they&#39;ve built an expatriated community.

從洛杉磯逃到北愛達荷， 在此建造了一個流放社區。

there&#39;s no surprise that North Idaho has a strong gun culture.

In fact, it is said, North Idaho has more gun dealers than gas stations.

北愛達荷有很強烈的 擁槍文化一點也不意外。

So what&#39;s a resident to do to fit in?

事實上，大家都說， 北愛達荷的槍枝業者比加油站還多。

所以，居民要做什麼才能融入呢？

When I rented a gun, the gentleman behind the counter

until I showed him my New York City driver&#39;s license.

I&#39;m not as bad a shot as I thought I might have been.

What I learned from North Idaho is the peculiar brand of paranoia

我以為我是個糟糕的射手， 但是其實還好。

that can permeate a community when so many cops and guns are around.

我在北愛達荷學到的是， 有這麼多警察及槍枝在四周，

的確會有某種 奇特的妄想深植社區之中。

在北愛達荷時， 我在我的小紅載卡多內

And in that notepad I counted more Confederate flags than black people.

In North Idaho, I found Confederate flags

那本記事簿上我算到的 南軍聯盟國旗比黑人還多。

on key chains, on cellphone paraphernalia,

在北愛達荷， 我發現南軍聯盟國旗

About a seven-minute drive from my hidden lake cabin

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