在过去的500年，为便于强取豪夺最安全、最健康、最好的地区，欧洲白人殖民者往往动用经济和军事力量来建造或改建当地城市的风貌。甚至现在，某些地区的人们觉得殖民统治是一段遥远的记忆。

For the past 500 years white Europeans have often used their economic and military power to build and rebuild urban landscapes in order to grab the safest, healthiest and nicest parts for themselves.

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