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Rusty chains and locks are proof that the owners of these luxurious villas are not at home.
从生锈的锁链和锁中可看出这些豪华别墅的主人们并不在家。
They may return for a vacation, but they live in other countries where they work.
他们可能回来度假，但他们生活和工作的地方并不在这个国家。
So, for most of the time, there's no life here.
所以大部分时间，这里都没有人。
Nothing but vacant rooms, quiet yards and empty swimming pools.
除了空空的房间，安静的庭院以及没水的游泳池。
Welcome to Gomilica, a tiny village in western Serbia.
欢迎来到格美丽卡，这是一座位于塞尔维亚西部的小村庄。
People started leaving here in the 1960s.
20世纪60年代，人们开始离开这里。
Instead of struggling with poverty and hopelessness, many decided to go after better jobs and living conditions in western Europe.
没有待在这里与贫困和绝望作斗争，许多人前往西欧寻求更好的工作和生活条件。
99% of people from here are in Vienna. They work here.
这里99%的人都在维也纳，他们在那里工作。
From 1965 to 1975, everyone left here to work there.
从1965年到1975年，人们都离开这里去那里工作。
Most of the villagers went, virtually 90 percent of people.
大多数人都去了，90%的人都去了。
They went there to gain wealth and they did.
他们去那里是为了赚钱，他们确实赚到了。
You see the houses behind me, there's a million more of these houses around here.
你看我身后的这些房子，周边还有一百多万栋这样的房子。
I think when it comes to that, this village is the leader in Serbia.
从这方面看，这个村庄在塞尔维亚绝对是首屈一指的。
But life can take unexpected turns and many villagers never came home.
但是生活会有意想不到的变化，许多这里的村民从未回来过。
Petar Djordjevic for example went to Vienna where he mostly worked as a truck driver.
比如皮塔·乔杰维奇，他也去了维也纳，主要工作是卡车司机。
I went to Vienna just for a few years, planning to come back,
在维也纳的前几年，我还是计划回来的。
Then the wife came after me, later my kids were born.
之后妻子跟我来到了维也纳，孩子在维也纳出生。
Then I stayed there to look after my grandchildren and so on.
之后在那里照顾我的孙子孙女等等。
We stayed there for 50 years. I wasn't planning on staying there that long. I wasn't planning that.
我们在维也纳呆了50年，我没想到能待那么长时间，真没想到。
It's not just family ties that keep people from moving back to Gomilica.
家庭不是阻碍人们回乡的唯一原因。
The village has poor infrastructure, few paved roads or running water.
这个村庄的基础设施很差，公路崎岖不平，更没有自来水。
So as luxurious as these villas look, the owners, especially younger generations prefer to create a home away from their homes.
因此，尽管这些别墅看上去很豪华，但业主们，尤其是年轻一代更喜欢在远离家乡的地方安家落户。
For writer Faiza Elmasry. I'm Faith Lapidus, VOA news
编辑法扎·埃尔马斯里，我是法斯·拉皮德斯，VOA新闻。
