<Li> In Australia and New Zealand, smaller urban centres often have a main street . In some towns this street is officially designated Main Street or High Street; rarer variants include Main Road, Commercial Road, and Commerce Street . Often, though, the street is given a name peculiar to the town . For many small towns, the main street forms part of the principal road into, or through, the town . Large centres often have a central business district in which no one street is a clear focus for commercial activity, though for historical or cultural reasons there is often one street regarded as the city's "main street". Examples include Melbourne's Collins Street, Sydney's George Street, Adelaide's King William Street, Auckland's Queen Street, and Christchurch's Colombo Street . </Li> <Li> In Ireland most towns have a "main street", and this is usually the term given colloquially (for example, in offering road directions), though the primary thoroughfare of cities are often named after an historical figure, e.g. O'Connell Street . A more recent phenomenon in the media and with younger people is the misapplication of the term "high street" to describe typical or average street level fashion--likely due to advertising by various British retail multiples which began operating in Ireland during the "Celtic Tiger" years . </Li> <Li> In England, the terms "Market Street" or "Market Place" are often used to designate the heart of a town or city, as is the more common High Street (particularly in newer urban developments, or towns or cities which were not original market towns). High Street is often the name of a fairly busy street with small shops on either side, often in towns and villages . </Li> <Li> In Germany, the Hauptstraße (literally "Main Street") is a highly trafficked street . Hauptstraßen even have formal recognition in road construction guidelines, which specify the width of lanes, for example . The term chiefly refers to motorized traffic, whereas "Einkaufsstraße" (shopping street) or "Fußgängerzone" (pedestrian district) refer to retail in the sense of Engl . "Main Street". </Li>

How many main streets are in the usa