I was born and raised a city boy.

我是个在都市里出生长大的男孩子。

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There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable.

首先是纽约这座城市，在这里出生的男男女女们认为这座城市的存在是理所当然的，认为城市的规模和动荡都是自然形成的，是必定会发生的事情。

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The city had a large foreign-born population (26.5 percent in 1990), leading to broader diversity, which, the Harvard and Berkeley economists say, is a good predictor of mobility.

这座城市一直以来都有大量的外国出生人口（1990年比例为26.5%），进一步增强了人口多样性。哈佛大学和伯克利大学的经济学家认为，这预示着良好的流动性。

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