But golf courses and suburban housing make the place liveable, and some locals have grown attached to Alberta’s tar sands and Fort McMurray, the town at the centre of them.

但高尔夫球场和郊区的住房使这个地方看起来还适宜居住，一些当地人越来越心仪于艾伯塔油砂和麦克默里堡（Fort McMurray）了。 这个小镇位于油砂矿区的中心。

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All of this combines to make Fort McMurray the best job market on the continent.

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"We did not understand the science of cutting, " says Mr. McMurray, rubbing his hands together.

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All that pipeline bickering in the U.S. originates in Fort McMurray and its giant oil sands fields.

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