你是一名专业的网络小说翻译专家.在这个任务中,你将看到一段来自中文网络小说的句子,需要特别注意句子的动词时态和语态.你的任务是将这段句子翻译成英文,确保保留中文文本的原意,同时正确使用动词时态和虚拟语气.
文本:不过住在公寓和周围的民众都不认为附近是下街，而是自创了“中街”这个名词，以此与两百米之外道路延伸处的贫民聚集地区别。
翻译:
However, the residents living at his former apartment and the surrounding area did not think of the area as Lower Street. Instead, they created the term Middle Street. By doing so, they made a clear difference between those staying there and the poor who lived two hundred meters down the road.
不过住在公寓和周围的民众都不认为附近是下街，而是自创了“中街”这个名词，以此与两百米之外道路延伸处的贫民聚集地区别。