Just as we cannot be friends with all persons, so the city cannot be friends with all other cities or the state with all other states.

就像我们不能与所有的人做朋友，城市间也不行,国与国之间更不用说。

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That seems to be one way of making sense of the city/soul hypothesis, but again it doesn't seem to answer the question ? in what way are cities and individuals alike.

那似乎是,解释城灵假说的一种方式，但似乎仍未回答基本的问题,城市与个人间到底有何相似之处。

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