But while some cities are experiencing explosive growth, others are shrinking.

尽管有许多城市在经历着爆炸式的增长，有一部分城市却在缩小。

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One of the things you kind of speculate about, and wonder about, why did some cities send out lots of colonies, some cities send out only a few, and others none at all for quite a while.

也许你感到疑惑的一件事是,为什么有些母邦派出了大量移民,另一些只有一些移民,还有其他母邦在很长时间根本没向外移民呢

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While in some cities, such as Liverpool, religious schools can be found at the bottom as well as the top of the league tables, church schools remain among the most sought after in the country.

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While the average gain was impressive, some cities did exceedingly well while others languished.

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Instead, it will strike different regions in very different ways, likely boosting some cities while falling flat in others.

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