Limited by economic and technic reasons, waste treatment in many small cities and towns is in passive state.

由于经济技术受限，许多小城镇的垃圾处理处于一种消极状态。

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In recent years, many mid-sized cities have begun to adopt a middle-of-the-road approach incorporating the excitement and opportunity of large cities with small cities' quiet after midnight.

近年来，许多中型城市开始采取中间路线，将大城市的兴奋和机遇与小城市午夜后的宁静结合起来。

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For decades, many downtown cores in small to mid-sized cities were abandoned after work hours by workers who lived in the suburbs.

几十年来，当住在郊区的工人下班后，许多中小城市里的市中心核心区就被弃用了。

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And in between, there have been an endless series of deadly shootings across the country, almost daily reports of victims, many of them children, in small towns and big cities all across America -- victims whose -- much of the time, their only fault was being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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