But in blighted cities, he says, they have an extra reason to stay: if they move out, they will not be able to afford a house elsewhere.

而在那些衰败的城市里（译注：类似底特律），他说，他们则有另一个留下来的理由，他们买不起别处的房子。

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Incomes were good, everyone had a job, household savings were above the national average, neighborhoods that now are unimaginably blighted were filled with house-proud families like mine who imagined a wonderful future in which their children and grandchildren would find even better homes, perhaps living in upscale Strathmore, Bradford Hills, Sedgwick Farms, or Fayetteville.

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