As one moves away from the center, the urban growth becomes ever more aimless and discontinuous, more diffuse and unfocused, except where some surviving town has left the original imprint of a more orderly life.

• 当人们离开市中心就会发现，除了一些遗留下来的城镇里还保留着原来那种比较有序的生活特征之外，城市的扩张显得更加杂乱无章，毫无连续性可言，更加疏散弥漫，而毫无向心性。