美國2人衰敗小鎮 40萬美元賤賣

A small town in rural South Dakota is now for sale at $400,000.
南達科他州邊遠的一座小鎮現掛牌出售，標價40萬美元。

The unincorporated hamlet called Swett comes with a bar, workshop, three trailers and single house all on 6.16 acres.
這座獨立小鎮叫做斯威特，鎮上有一間酒吧、一家作坊、三座流動房屋和一棟獨立屋，共佔地6.16英畝。

Local businessman Lance Benson owns the town, and is selling to focus on his traveling concession company.
該地商人蘭斯本森是小鎮的所有者，爲了更加專心地經營自己的旅遊優惠公司，他目前正打算售賣小鎮。

'Like I say, I hate to get rid of it. If I don't sell it, if I don't sell it this first year, I would probably keep it,' Mr Benson told the Rapid City Journal.
“就像我說的，我不願意失去它。如果我沒有賣掉，沒有在第一年賣掉它，也許我會一直留着它，” 本森在接受《拉皮特城日報》採訪時這樣表示。

Swett is two hours southeast of Rapid City and had a population of about 40 in the 1940s.
斯威特距拉皮特城有兩個小時車程，20世紀40年代時人口爲40人左右。

The town got its name from a local farmer who owned the grocery store. The post office was in the store so the town became known as Swett.
小鎮名字來源於當地經營一家蔬菜店的農民的名字。郵局曾經設在他的蔬菜店裏，小鎮因此得名斯威特。

But the population dwindled and today it's just Benson, his wife and their dog Daisy who live in the house next to the bar.
不過後來小鎮的人口不斷減少，時至今日，僅留本森夫婦以及他們的愛犬黛西住在酒吧旁的房子裏。

Coldwell Banker broker Stacie Montgomery is selling the property, and says she's never been given such an assignment before.
科威房產經紀人絲塔西·蒙哥馬利負責出售這個小鎮，她表示此前她從未接觸過這種交易。

Ms Montgomery told MailOnline that the town is probably lucrative for someone who wants to own and run a bar - since Swett Tavern is successful and the only watering hole for 10 miles.
蒙哥馬利告訴英國《每日郵報》網站郵報在線，想擁有並經營一家酒吧的人若是買下這座小鎮，收益可能十分可觀，因爲斯威特酒館經營得十分成功，而且是方圓10英里內唯一的酒吧。

The town could also go to a wealthy person who wants somewhere to stay during hunting season, she said, as Swett is a popular destination for pheasant hunting.
她表示，斯威特也是野雞狩獵時節人們鍾愛的去處，所以小鎮也有可能被某個富豪買下，成爲他在狩獵時的居所。