在中国,独户住宅很少见,大部分人居住在美国人所说的公寓街区中。这些住宅看起来好像比较阴暗,但在它们周围形成的邻里丈化却运转得非常良好。尽管它们既不整洁也不美丽,但整体上说、这些公寓无时无刻不比美式住宅显得更有生气、更加安全、也更吸引人。它们十分成功,而大多美国的住宅工程则是灾难。为什么如此?一个原因是,中国人并没有效仿美国式的隔离带 In China, single-family homes are rare and most live in what Americans call apartment blocks. The houses seem dark, but the neighborhoods formed around them work very well. Although they are neither tidy nor beautiful, these apartments are, on the whole, more dynamic, safer and more attractive than American dwellings. They are very successful, and most of the United States residential project is a disaster. Why? One reason is that the Chinese did not follow the American-style isolation