六月，阿斯彭市议会成员齐聚一堂，听取该市最大雇主关于其业务现状及城市未来的汇报。
IN JUNE, Aspen’s City Council members gathered for a presentation from the mountain town’s largest employer about the state of its business—and future of the place itself.
阿斯彭一号（Aspen One）总裁兼首席执行官大卫·坦纳（David Tanner）准备的一张幻灯片上写着：“阿斯彭想要成为什么？”阿斯彭一号拥有四座山峰、五星级小内尔酒店（Little Nell）、多家餐厅以及可容纳1000多名员工的住宿设施。
“What does Aspen want to be?” read one slide prepared by David Tanner, president and CEO of Aspen One, which owns four mountains, the five-star Little Nell hotel, multiple restaurants and lodging for over 1,000 employees.
演示文稿列出了三个选项：“滑雪小镇”、“超级富豪的封闭社区”、“网红们的游乐场”。自嬉皮士滑雪者开始向豪华房地产开发商让步以来，阿斯彭已进行了半个世纪的自我审视。但随着这座人口约7000人的城市转变为全年无休的亿万富翁度假胜地，其身份认同的问题变得愈发紧迫。
The deck laid out three options: “A ski town.”“A gated community for the ultra-wealthy.”“A playground for influencers.”Aspen has been soul-searching for half a century, since hippie ski bums began ceding ground to luxury real-estate developers. But the question of its identity has become more urgent as the city of roughly 7,000 has transformed into a year-round billionaire retreat.