Name: 美國「數位遊牧族」湧入墨西哥城，引發當地居民不滿！| The Daily Show (American “Digital Nomads” Swarm Mexico City, Angering Locals | The Daily Show)
Uploaded: 2026-02-21T04:04:33.000Z
Duration: 6 min 34 s
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And in recent years, migrants have gone through hell, crossing borders, risking life and limb to achieve that American dream here in Mexico City.

近年來，許多移民歷經艱辛，跨越邊境，冒著生命危險，為了在墨西哥城實現美國夢。

So I sat down with one of these brave migrants who ventured here in search of a better life.

所以，我坐下來採訪了一位冒險來到這裡尋求更好生活的勇敢移民。

Henley is something called a digital nomad.

A group of wanderers who work remotely in foreign countries.

一群在國外遠端工作、到處旅行的人。

And they've been pouring into Mexico City by the thousands, bringing the hard working mentality that immigrants are known for.

他們成千上萬地湧入墨西哥城，帶來了移民聞名的勤奮精神。

Usually wake up around 9, 9:30, maybe 10.

通常早上九點、九點半，甚至十點起床。

Usually walk around the park, get a coffee, dance with some Taylor Swift, come back, work for a few hours on my computer.

通常會去公園散步，喝杯咖啡，跟著 Taylor Swift 跳舞，回來後電腦工作幾個小時。

I do marketing for a social media analytics company.

我是在一家社群媒體分析公司做行銷。

然後就到喝瑪格麗特的時間囉，寶貝。

You can just go out, order as many drinks as you want, and

你可以盡情出去玩，想喝多少就點多少，

your bill's like 70 bucks for the whole night.

I can see why they risk so much to come here, but is this American welcome in Mexico?

我懂他們為什麼要冒這麼大的風險來這裡，但這就是墨西哥對美國人的歡迎嗎？

I hit the streets to ask real, real Mexicans what they think.

我走上街頭，問問真正的墨西哥人他們有什麼看法。

How do you feel about digital nomads in Mexico City?

你們覺得 digital nomad 在墨西哥市怎麼樣？

So how many generations has your family been here?

I couldn't find a single Mexican, but the American immigrants were taking over everything.

我一個墨西哥人都沒看到，但美國移民卻佔據了所有地方。

Mexico City, where another protest against unaffordable housing and gentrification took place over the weekend.

墨西哥城，週末又在這裡發生了一場反對住房負擔能力下降和士紳化的抗議活動。

Residents there saying some neighborhoods that are popular with digital nomads are leading to rising costs making their own neighborhoods too expensive for them to live.

當地居民表示，一些受 digital nomad 歡迎的社區導致成本上漲，讓他們自己的社區變得太貴而住不起。

I went to an open house to talk to a realtor about the impact these immigrants were having on the housing market.

我去了看房，跟房仲聊了聊這些移民對房地產市場的影響。

Americans were renting two bedroom apartments like this for only $600 a month.

美國人竟然一個月只要付 600 美元就能租到這種兩房公寓。

I take it you're interested in the lease.

Would you like me to send over the papers?

But I still had to meet with an anti immigration activist, so I invited her to my new perspective.

但我還是得跟一位反移民的活躍人士見面，所以我邀請她來分享我的新觀點。

墨西哥文的「pied」是什麼意思？

Probably so she could harass digital nomads without getting doxxed.

可能是為了方便騷擾 digital nomad，又不會被肉搜。

Okay, Carla, let's get down to what's really important.

好啦，Carla，我們來談點正經的。

I'm thinking of relocating and I want to really love it.

我打算搬家，而且我希望我會很喜歡這裡。

我的意思是，這才是主要問題。

You come in here with dollars and prices up because we cannot compete with that.

你們帶著錢進來，價錢就漲上去了，因為我們沒辦法跟你們競爭。

And at the same time, there have been many cases of eviction of places to be turned into kind of like this.

同時，也發生了很多把房子趕走，然後改建成這種地方的案例。

Airbnb's Carla was clearly giving some get off my lawn energy.

Airbnb 的 Carla 明顯帶著一種「滾開我的草坪」的態度。

就像你那個種族歧視的叔叔一樣，她很生氣。

Even the culture itself is changing at its core.

就連文化本身，也在核心上發生了改變。

Sometimes you do hear more Spanish in Brooklyn, you know, than you do here in Condesa.

有時候，你聽到布魯克林講西班牙語的機會，比在這裡的 Condesa 還多，你知道嗎？

Now, is that a cool neighborhood where there's matcha places?

那現在，那裡是個有抹茶店的酷炫街區嗎？

One of the main issues is that, like la salsas jiano pican, like, salsas are not spicy anymore because now they're catering to that gentrified palate.

主要問題之一是，就像莎莎醬不再辣了，因為他們現在迎合的是那種被中產階級化的口味。

And I'm not arguing, I'm just saying a gentrified palate is the reason we do have the culinary delicacy of ranch.

我不是在爭辯，我只是說，被中產階級化的口味是我們擁有牧場這種烹飪美味的原因。

I want to be appreciative of your cultural traditions of ranch.

我想感謝你們關於牧場的文化傳統。

There's always going to be that exchange of cultures and migration of movement.

文化交流和人口遷徙的現象永遠都會存在。

We just want you to do it in a way that you're not making us lose our homes.

我們只是希望你們的做法不會讓我們失去家園。

Okay, that actually sounds reasonable, but

好的，這聽起來還算合理，但是

is this message from the protesters getting through to Henley or is she guzzling down enough tequila to drown it out?

抗議者的訊息有傳達到 Henley 那裡嗎？還是她正豪飲足夠的龍舌蘭酒來淹沒一切？

Most of our friends that are from here are doctors or lawyers or business owners.

我們大部分的朋友，那些本地人，都是醫生、律師或企業主。

And from what I've heard from them, it's generally more of the low income people that are protesting.

根據我從他們那裡聽到的，通常是低收入人群在抗議。

It is heartwarming to know that at least we're not gentrifying rich people out of their neighborhoods.

知道至少我們沒有把有錢人趕出他們的社區，這真是令人欣慰。

How should these digital nomads behave so that these gringos can turn into gring stays?

這些 digital nomad 該怎麼做，才能讓這些外國人變成「外國人願意留下」呢？

我這個笑話可是花了很多心思。

Try and learn some Spanish and start paying taxes.

試著學點西班牙文，然後開始繳稅。

I'm not paying Mexican taxes because I pay American taxes and I don't have legal status here.

我不繳墨西哥的稅，因為我繳美國的稅，而且我沒有合法居留權。

然後，你知道，這樣做的意義是什麼？

The point is to contribute to the people and the infrastructure in which the city that you live.

意義在於為你居住的城市的人民和基礎設施做出貢獻。

But TPH is so much paperwork, so I get it.

但 TPH 實在是太多的文書工作了，我懂。