Most obviously, the health consequences of poverty and squalid living conditions are contagious in a city setting. They are detrimental to all city dwellers.

最明显的是，在城市环境中，贫穷和肮脏生活条件的健康后果具有传染性，对所有城市居民都有害处。

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The beautiful architecture and vibrant night life are one face of the city, but cities also have problems of inequality, crowding and poverty.

雄伟的建筑和充满活力的夜生活固然是城市的一面，但城市中也同样存在不平等、拥挤和贫困的问题。

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Many residents in Kandahar have very little access to basic utilities as the infrastructure of the city has collapsed under the weight of years of conflict and poverty.

经过多年的战乱冲突以及贫穷的洗礼，城市的基础设施已经遭受严重破坏，坎大哈大部分的居民无法使用上基本的生活设施。

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It followed his journey from poverty in Texas to the theater in New York City and the film world of Hollywood,California.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

The results also show that 17% of families in the city were living below the poverty level, 7 points higher than the national rate.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

Maternal mortality in America is particularly high in New York City, where extremes of wealth and poverty abound, says Deborah Kaplan, who oversees the Bureau of Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health for New York City's health department.

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

It's estimated that fully one-third of Detroiters live at or below the poverty line, the highest rate of any city with a population of at least 250, 000.

NPR: Detroit Poverty Getting Worse

But it has not cracked the problem of inner-city poverty, nor the biggest social question of the age: how can an excluded social class find its way into the mainstream?

ECONOMIST: Chicago's current success may be about as good as it gets

The idea is to break up large blocks of public housing so that poverty is not concentrated in pockets of the city, boosting public safety and economic growth.

NPR: New Orleans' Controversial Public Housing Model