right in the middle of the South.

就在市区正南
Most people don't believe it until they see it.

若非亲见很少有人会相信它的存在
And within the one square mile

这块弹丸之地
that comprises all there is of City Island

就是城市岛屿
lies yet another distinction.

它还有一个独有特点
That of the mussel sucker versus the clam digger.

那就是虾蚌家族和蛤蜊家族
The mussel sucker is an island resident

虾蚌家族
who moved here from somewhere else.

从外面迁居而来
The clam diggers like myself were born and bred on City Island.

而蛤蜊家族就像我都是生于斯长于斯
preferably in the same house

甚至世世代代
which've been handed down to other generations.

居住在同一幢老宅里
In short, the world can be divided between

简单说虾蚌家族和蛤蜊家族