许多人比较喜欢住得离市中心近一点，但是因为那儿的房子太贵，所以他们经常住郊区上下班往返。

Many people prefer to live near the center of cities, but because houses there are expensive, they often commute from suburbs.

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选择跟自己工作地点近一点，即使你只能买一个更小的房子，不过这也得看你个人喜好。

Choosing to live closer to your work, even if you have to buy a smaller home, can be a wise decision in terms of maximizing your happiness.

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她希望能够迁就新的金融顾问工作，住在离单位近一些的地方，不要再每天上下班单程一小时这么辛苦，可是房子却无法脱手。

She would like to move closer to her new job as a financial consultant, cutting the daily commute from an hour each way to something less onerous. But she cannot sell her home.

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So, he actually owned for a short time this huge chateau, and other relatives and friends lived in estates surrounding theirs.

他只拥有这个巨大的城堡一段很短的时间，其他的亲戚朋友的房子都挨的很近。

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