Why are so many people so anxious to get away from the small town or village where they were brought up, and to make for the big cities?

为什么那么多人那么急切地想离开自己从小长大的小城镇或村庄，奔向大都市呢？

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Epic storms triggered by a space phenomenon obliterate cities | and the only answer to escaping complete annihilation rests on a small-town teen's extraordinary science project.

史诗风暴由空间现象触发的城市|而逃避完全湮灭的唯一答案取决于一个小城镇青少年的非凡科学项目。

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Sharla Musabih has watched the Emirate of Dubai transform from a small town into one of the largest and fastest growing cities in the Middle East.

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All those kids in inner cities and small farm town, in the valleys of Ohio, the rolling Virginia hills -- kids dreaming of becoming scientists or doctors or engineers or entrepreneurs, businessmen, diplomats, maybe even a President -- they need a champion in Washington.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

The whistle sounds, as it has since the 1800s, and it signals that men and women from large cities and small will be stopping, however briefly, in their town, at their station.

CNN: A Kansas town tries to keep the train coming through

In large cities and small, presidential hopefuls from both parties have been pressing the flesh, giving speeches and holding town meetings.

NPR: GOP Presidential Candidates Court Iowans