Last summer the city council changed zoning rules to allow tiny apartments to be built in and around downtown Los Angeles.

去年夏天，市议会改变了分区规划条例，允许在洛杉矶市中心及其周边建设小面积公寓。

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They took advantage of the lower prices and bought two apartments at the downtown areas.

他们用很低的价格在市中心买了两套公寓。

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The Nemazee children have vacated downtown Manhattan apartments, condos that were part of Hassan Nemazee's assets that the government has already seized and is in the process of selling.

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