But with Taiwan's soaring property prices and the headlong rush of urban development, can these old town houses, draped over Tanshui's undulating topography on the traditional long rectangular plots so typical of this province, survive?
可是，在台灣土地價值高漲、都市大肆開發之際，這些代表台灣地區的傳統長條形街屋、在淡水依地形起伏而建的老房子，能否倖存？