They're what I call "cities of aspiration," such as Phoenix, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta and Charlotte.

我称这些地方为“充满愿望的城市”，如凤凰城、休斯顿、达拉斯、亚特兰大和夏洛特。

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In an odd way, the fact that even the Colorado can no longer slake the thirst of metropolises such as Phoenix, Los Angeles and San Diego is testimony to the dam's success.

即便是科罗拉多河也无法满足像凤凰城、洛杉矶和圣地亚哥一类大都市的用水需求，然而这个事实也诡异地证明了胡佛水坝的成功。

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In the United States, hundreds of millions of people have sought out new cheap housing in "new cities" and have been happy to settle in such places as Tampa, Dallas, las Vegas and Phoenix.

在美国，有成千上万的人为能在“新城”找到新的廉价住房而奔波，他们在坦帕，达拉斯，拉斯维加斯和凤凰城等地找到了自己安居乐业的地方。

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In America, for-profit universities such as Phoenix have already made inroads into the higher-education business.

ECONOMIST: Private universities

These initiatives, as they gain ground, should put inferior sellers of knowledge, such as Phoenix, out of business, Moglen says.

FORBES: MIT Short Circuits Distance-Ed Sellers

Stan Humphries, chief economist at Zillow, a real estate data provider, said that the increase in the Case-Shiller index has been skewed higher by cities such as Phoenix and San Francisco.

WSJ: US home prices rise 10.9 pct., most since 2006