Due to the strengthening dollar, all US cities became more expensive.

由于美元的强劲势头，美国所有城市的花费都变得昂贵起来。

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Unemployment remained elevated as consumer spending declined, and both people's debt and goods and services became more expensive.

失业人员保持增长，消费降低，同时人们的借款，商品和服务变得越来越贵。

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Then houses began to swell, from an average of five rooms in the late 1940s to seven by the 1960s. At the same time, land became more expensive.

之后，房子规模开始扩大，从1940年代的平均5个房间增加到1960年的7个房间。

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But the export of Kazakh goods became more expensive, most notably to Russia, one of its largest trading partners.

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Individual insurance became significantly more expensive and there was no significant decrease in the number of uninsured.

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The sickest patients became much more expensive because they put off care and prevention until it was too late.

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