美国城市发展已不同以往
美国城市发展已不同以往
Big cities in the United States are not growing like they used to.
美国的大城市不再像过去那样发展了。
Most of the largest cities grew last year by a much smaller amount than they did 10 years ago, estimates the U.S. Census Bureau.
美国人口普查局表示，与10年前相比，去年多数大城市人口只有少量增长。
William Frey is a senior fellow with the Metropolitan Policy Program at The Brookings Institution. The program was set up to provide research to officials in cities across the country.
威廉·弗雷是布鲁金斯学会大都会政策项目的高级研究员，该项目设立的目的是向全国各城市的官员提供研究。
Frey says the growth of cities 10 years ago resulted from the Great Recession of 2008 and 2009. Because of the weak U.S. economy, he said, many Americans chose to live in big cities.
弗雷说，10年前城市的增长是因为2008到2009年的经济大衰退，由于美国经济衰微，很多美国人选择在大城市生活。
The effects of the recession “stranded a lot of millennials in cities,” he added. By staying there, these young people delayed home-buying in nearby suburban communities.
他补充说，此次衰退的影响“让许多千禧一代滞留在城市”，因为住在那里，这些年轻人推迟了在附近郊区社区买房的时间。
The newly-released Census information looks at changes in cities and towns between the middle of 2017 and mid-2018. The data does not show changes in areas made up of two or more cities, towns, suburbs or counties.
从新发布的数据信息可以看到城市和乡镇从2017年中到2018年中的变化。该数据没有显示出由两个或更多城市、乡镇、郊区或县组成的地区的变化。
Last month, when the Census Bureau released data about U.S. counties, New York City’s planners disputed the agency’s methodology. They said the Bureau may have miscounted the number of immigrants arriving in the country.
上个月，当人口普查局公布美国各县的数据时，纽约市的规划者们对该机构的方法提出了质疑，他们说普查局可能错误统计了到达美国的移民人数。
In the latest Census data, Phoenix and San Antonio are two cities that seem to be growing. The populations of cities such as Los Angeles, Houston and Dallas, grew, but not as much as they did in the past.
根据最新的人口普查数据，凤凰城和圣安东尼奥市人口似乎正在增长，洛杉机、休斯顿和达拉斯等城市的人口增长了，但并没有像过去那样多。
San Jose, California lost more than 2,000 residents last year, according to Census Bureau estimates.
根据人口普查局的估计，加州圣何塞去年减少了2000多名居民。
“There is a growing moving away from cities,” Frey said. He added that things were different 10 years ago. “Cities were growing faster than suburbs. That is starting to turn around.”
弗雷说：“越来越多的人离开城市。”他补充说，10年前的情况有所不同，“当时城市的发展速度快于郊区，现在情况开始改变了。”
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strand – v. to leave (a person or animal) in a place without a way of leaving it — usually used as (be) stranded
suburb – n. an outlying part of a city of town; a smaller community close to a city
county – n. an area of a state or country that is larger than a city and has its own government to deal with local issues
resident – n. a person who lives in a place for some length of time
