In recent decades, rural destinations that once relied on the production and extraction of land and resources now rely on tourism as the primary economic pursuit. Such destinations have experienced a surge of new migrants in the form of tourists, permanent newcomers, and second homeowners. Scholars have turned to how permanent residents perceive these changes and new populations, revealing that in some instances permanent residents are more accepting of newcomers due to economic constraints. I extend this line of research by asking how, and under what conditions, permanent residents favorably view second homeowners, a specific type of rural in‐migrant. Drawing on ethnographic data in Rangeley, Maine, I develop the concept “discourses of resource dependency,” to clarify how and why localities justify, explain, and ultimately pursue one economic resource over another. In this case, local residents view second homeowners as a resource that will ensure the town's economic sustainability, and this frame enables local residents to view their in‐migration favorably. This frame emerges not just from structural economic circumstances, but also from a confluence of historical and cultural conditions that elevate the import of second homeowners in Rangeley's place‐making project.

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资源依赖的话语：度假乐园中的第二位房主被视为“命脉”

在最近的几十年中，曾经依靠土地和资源的生产和开采的乡村目的地现在将旅游作为主要的经济追求。这样的目的地经历了以游客，永久新移民和第二房主的形式出现的新移民激增。学者们转向了永久居民如何看待这些变化和新人口，这揭示出在某些情况下，由于经济限制，永久居民更愿意接受新移民。我通过询问永久居民如何以及在什么条件下看待第二房主（一种特定类型的农村移民）来扩展这一研究范围。我利用缅因州兰格利的人种学数据，开发了“资源依赖的话语”概念，以阐明本地人如何以及为何合理地说明，解释，最终追求一种经济资源胜过另一种。在这种情况下，当地居民将第二房主视为确保城镇经济可持续性的资源，并且该框架使当地居民能够更好地看待他们的移民。该框架不仅来自结构性经济环境，还来自历史和文化条件的融合，这提高了Rangeley地方项目中第二个房主的进口。