<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishHata baada ya kupunguzwa daraja moja au mbili, miji itabaki, kwa sababu ya mkusanyiko wao wa nishati na akili, katikati ya mawazo ya kisiasa ya Marekani.  <response>: Even after being taken down a notch or two, cities will remain, by virtue of their concentrations of energy and intellect, at the center of the American political imagination. 