Rising costs led business owners in the downtown core to spread out toward the suburbs.

成本上升导致市中心的餐馆老板向郊区迁移。

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This collection of fully functioning 19th and early 20th Century concrete and wood buildings literally form a vertical edge between the downtown core and the waterfront.

这儿汇聚着19世纪和20世纪早期那些水泥和木头构建的建筑，在市区中心与码头之间渐渐形成了笔直的界限。

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While I was eating Fried chicken just outside the downtown core, news of the bombing barely interrupting my meal, Ruhollah was on his way through the city to get the girls.

当我正在市区以外吃着炸鸡的时候，一则关于此次爆炸的新闻打断了我，因为鲁赫拉正在去接那些女孩儿的路上。

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But that is backwards the place where tall buildings can unlock the most value is in the downtown core, where demand for real estate is highest.

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Just northwest of the downtown core, the affluent Tarrytown neighbourhood attracts government workers and families, drawn to the historic housing stock and parkland on the shores of Lake Austin.

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However, a new route opening in 2015 will expand the MAX to Milwaukie, a small city just seven miles south of Portland, connecting the inner Southeast neighbourhoods to the downtown core at the same time.

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