the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor
The old alleys of cities such as Chengdu and Kunming, charming if impractical for motor vehicles and modern plumbing, have also been razed in favour of skyscrapers and tower blocks.
许多城市的老胡同，比如成都和昆明，不适合机动车和现代管道铺设，但引人向往。
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Traffic gridlock looms in the big cities, especially Jakarta, where the number of motor vehicles has tripled to 9.5m in the past eight years but road space is growing at less than 1% a year.