Is The Town Of Jackson A Utopia?

I don't address this directly in the article. Utopia literally means no place. As Jackson is a location from a video game it literally is no real place in reality. Yet utopia is a word that has been used to describe somewhere that embodies an ideal, not necessarily perfect, but a substantially better place in some substantial way. As Victor Hugo tells us, it takes imagining something better to achieve it: "There is nothing like a dream to create the future. Utopia to-day, flesh and blood tomorrow."

Better places have been the subjects of myths and books throughout history. They have found themselves part of our culture with portrayals of heaven and Shangri-la, in classical literature with Defoe's Libertatia, and in modern portrayals, such as Ursula K. LeGuinn's Annares. I believe Jackson follows this trend, albeit in a smaller way.