doomed city

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But a report in Men's Health magazine, which ranked the 100 U.S. cities most doomed for divorce, said San Jose in California was the city where marriages last.
《男性健康》襍志日前發(fā)佈的一份美國100個離婚率最高的城市的研究報告顯示，加利福尼亞州聖何塞市的婚姻最長久。
The crumbling city, once a major American metropolis, now seems doomed to ruin as the automobile industry on which she once depended disappears from the American landscaper.
這個日趨衰落的城市曾經(jīng)是美國重要的大都市，現(xiàn)在，隨著它曾經(jīng)依賴的汽車業(yè)在美國風(fēng)光漸失，這座城市看起來注定要破産。
Its residents hold the city's success with much pride. Yet, I find myself fighting time and the wrecking ball to capture certain aspects of the city, doomed to be wiped from the city's memory.
上海人是如此驕傲地?fù)碜o著城市的成功，我卻發(fā)現(xiàn)自己正在跟時間與落鎚破碎機賽跑，唯有如此才能捕捉到那些就要從城市的記憶裡被抹去的景觀。
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Other changes suggest that it may be sprawl, not the city, that is doomed.
ECONOMIST: With age, cities go centrifugal—but maybe not for ever