However, all that rail (and distance) between city centers makes it seem like this is less a single mega-city and more like highly controlled urban sprawl.

然而，从城市中心间的铁路(和距离)这一点来看，超级城市计划更像是高度控制下的城市扩张，而不像是一个超级都市。

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Smaller hotels will be more in demand than the mega-properties outside the big urban areas, as business travellers choose to eat out.

随着商旅人士选择外出就餐，中小型酒店将比地处大市区外的特大型酒店面临更大的需求。

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One of the key ideas fueling HSR is that the U.S. in the 21st century has grown beyond a country of cities and suburbs to what urban-studies expert Richard Florida calls "mega-regions."

力挺HSR项目的主要理由之一是：21世纪的美国已经不再是一个由城市和郊区组成的国家了，而变成了城市建设研究学者理查德·佛罗里达所称的“特大城市群”。

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The premise is the same in the comic book as the film: In the future, Mega-City One has urban-sprawled its way across the East Coast of America, covering the area from Boston to Washington DC.

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