<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishHii inaweza kuwa sababu ya kutokuwa na wasiwasi, karibu kujitenga, kwamba baadhi ya kusoma hata katika usanifu wa nyumba ndefu katika barabara moja kwa moja na nyembamba nyuma ya bandari.  <response>: This may account for a cool reserve, almost aloofness, that some read even into the architecture of the tall houses in the straight and narrow streets behind the port. 