Think of standing in the doorway of an empty place and asking one question: could a person actually live here? The roof keeps the rain out, the tap runs, there is somewhere to sleep and eat. That is the line liveable draws — not a good place, just a possible one. Everything else the word does is that same line moved. Raise it, and the place is no longer merely possible but pleasant, the kind of city people put at the top of a list. Carry it off the map and onto a life, and it asks the same question about a hard month. Carry it onto a pay slip, and it asks it about money.
可以想成你站在一間空屋的門口，只問一句話：這裡住得了人嗎？屋頂不漏、水龍頭有水、有地方睡有地方吃，就算過關。liveable 畫的就是這條線——不是「好」，只是「行」。這個字其他的用法，可以想成同一條線被搬到別的地方。把線往上抬，就不只是住得了，而是住得舒服，變成排行榜上的宜居城市。把線從房子搬到日子，它就在問一段難熬的時間撐不撐得住。搬到薪水單上，它問的是這些錢活不活得下去。
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