Nansledan is a peculiar(奇特的) place. Few homes in the quarter-built(只建了四分之一的) settlement, near Newquay in south-west England, are more than a decade old. Yet they are a stylistic mixture of Georgian, Victorian and Art Deco. Street names are in the little-known, hard-to-pronounce Cornish language(康沃尔语): Bownder An Mengleudh, Lergh Trewolek, Stret Myghtern Arthur. The unnervingly(令人不安地) friendly residents occasionally spot Prince William, who in effect owns the land. But perhaps the strangest thing about Nansledan is that it is building a commercial high street.(但南斯莱丹最奇怪的地方或许是，它正在修建一条商业高街。)
南斯莱丹是个奇特的地方。这个位于英格兰西南部纽基附近、只建了四分之一的新定居点里，很少有超过十年的住宅。然而这些住宅在风格上却是乔治亚式、维多利亚式和装饰艺术风格的混合体。街道名称用的是鲜为人知、难以上口的康沃尔语：Bownder An Mengleudh、Lergh Trewolek、Stret Myghtern Arthur。这里友善得令人不安的居民偶尔会看到威廉王子，他实际上拥有这片土地。但南斯莱丹最奇怪的地方或许是，它正在修建一条商业高街。
Of all the features of the British urban landscape, the high street is the most troubled(问题重重的). A YouGov poll this year found that more people think their local one is in a bad state than think it is in a good state.(YouGov今年的一项民调发现，认为当地高街状况不佳的人多于认为状况良好的人。) High streets have suffered “decades of decline” and been “hollowed out(被掏空的)”, declared Andy Burnham(安迪·伯纳姆) soon after becoming prime minister in the summer. Changing shopping habits mean many shops are vacant(空置的) or occupied by charities, vape dealers(电子烟店), slot machines and barbers.
在英国城市景观的所有特征中，高街是最麻烦的一个。YouGov今年的一项民调发现，认为当地高街状况不佳的人多于认为状况良好的人。安迪·伯纳姆在今年夏天就任首相后不久宣称，高街遭受了“数十年的衰落”，已被“掏空”。购物习惯的改变意味着许多店铺空置，或被慈善商店、电子烟店、老虎机和理发店占据。
Few suburban developers create high streets these days. “You can always get more money in the short term by building another house,” says Hugh Petter, the master planner of Nansledan and a partner at adam Architecture. But the new Cornish burgh(自治镇) has an unusual owner in the Duchy of Cornwall(康沃尔公爵领地), a centuries-old outfit(机构) that provides an income to the heir to the throne. The duchy, which thinks on much longer timescales than most builders, is trying to create a suburban small town, not just a collection of homes.(公爵领地考虑问题的时间尺度比大多数建筑商长得多，它试图打造一个郊区小镇，而不仅仅是一堆住宅。) And it reckons it has cracked the high-street problem.
如今很少有郊区开发商修建高街。“短期来看，多建一栋房子总能赚更多钱，”南斯莱丹的总规划师、adam建筑事务所合伙人休·佩特说。但这个康沃尔新镇有一个不同寻常的所有者——康沃尔公爵领地，一个拥有数百年历史、为王位继承人提供收入的机构。公爵领地考虑问题的时间尺度比大多数建筑商长得多，它试图打造一个郊区小镇，而不仅仅是一堆住宅。而且它自认为已经破解了高街难题。
