This paper draws from a dataset focusing on two rural communities in Colorado (USA). Data collection occurred over two periods: late-2019 and again during COVID-19 lockdowns in mid-2020. The communities differed demographically: one had a growing minoritized population, especially among its youth; the other was overwhelmingly white. The paper troubles the concept of subjective wellbeing (SWB) as it asks about the productive potentials of discomfort, with assistance from such concepts as colorblind ideology, motivated reasoning, and network homophily. While important to think about so-called positive emotional states in the context of community development, we must also ask questions like, “SWB for who and at whose expense?” How respondents thought about individual- and community-level SWB had much to do with the social networks they were in. I also explore why the community that fared pandemic-related disruptions, from a SWB standpoint, better than the other performed worse during this same period from an economic (material) standpoint. Sociological factors explain these dynamics, which are leveraged to enhance our understanding of how to conceptualize community development in productive ways. In sum, I argue that certain expressions of discomfort have value and are therefore necessary for creating resilient, flourishing, and, ultimately, just communities.

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将社区带入呻吟区：面对人口变化、种族多样性和政治差异的主观幸福感☆

本文取材于关注科罗拉多州（美国）两个农村社区的数据集。数据收集发生在两个时期：2019 年底和 2020 年年中 COVID-19 封锁期间。这些社区在人口结构上有所不同：一个社区的少数族裔人口越来越多，尤其是年轻人；另一个绝大多数是白人。该论文在色盲意识形态、动机推理和网络同质性等概念的帮助下，对主观幸福感 (SWB) 的概念提出了质疑，因为它询问了不适的生产潜力。虽然在社区发展的背景下思考所谓的积极情绪状态很重要，但我们还必须提出这样的问题，“SWB 为谁以及在谁那里费用？” 受访者对个人和社区层面 SWB 的看法与他们所在的社交网络有很大关系。我还探讨了为什么从 SWB 的角度来看，经历了与流行病相关的破坏的社区在同一时间表现得更差从经济（物质）的角度来看。社会学因素解释了这些动态，这些动态被用来增强我们对如何以富有成效的方式概念化社区发展的理解。总而言之，我认为某些不适的表达是有价值的，因此对于创建有弹性、繁荣并最终公正的社区是必要的。