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Among the fifteen largest metropolitan areas in the United States, the highest entrepreneurial activity rate in 2009 was in Houston. The area with the lowest was Seattle.

2009年，在全美15个大都市中，休斯顿的创业率最高，西雅图创业率最低。

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The Houston metropolitan area is also noteworthy as being the largest in the United States without formal zoning restrictions on where and how people can build.

作为美国城市中，未对居民聚居地点及分布作出区域规划的最大都市，休斯顿城也因此闻名。

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So we're the fourth, third or the fourth largest metropolitan area in the USA,

所以我们是美国第三或第四大城市，

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