Decent native Athenians are sidelined and vilified; flashy immigrants and metics are preferred and promoted.

体面的雅典本土被排挤诋毁；华而不实的移民外籍到睐。

With these remarks, the dialogue about the city that takes place at its portly outer reaches in the private house of a rich metic merchant would appear to be at an end.

有了这些评论， 在富商的私住宅中发生的关于这座城市的对话似乎就结束了。