Working families, which are defined as earning between 20,000 and 50,000 dollars a year in America are spending more now on transportation than on housing, slightly more, because of this phenomenon called "drive till you qualify," finding homes further and further and further from the city centers and from their jobs, so that they're locked in this, two, three hours, four hours a day of commuting.
劳动家庭，这里是指 年收入在两万至五万美元的 美国家庭 花在交通上的开支 甚至略微多于住房开销 这种现象被称为 “一直把车开到能买得起房的郊区” 家被安置在离市中心和工作 越来越远的地方 他们陷在了每天两个，三个 甚至四个小时的通勤上