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Originally Posted by SeaBookGuy
A tourist is unlikely to run across this, but in the outer boroughs of New York City, one will hear Manhattan referred to as "the City"
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Originally Posted by vans
In my part of England when going to London, it is common to say that you are "going to the City". Everyone will know which city you mean.
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I think that's common in the outlying areas of pretty much any large metro area.
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Originally Posted by RDaneel54
And even downtown is not always used for the city center in the U.S. In Westerville OH, they call their city center uptown. Bothers me as all the other cities in central Ohio use the ubiquitous downtown.
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Well, Westerville is a 'burb close enough to Columbus that people would pretty much assume if you said "downtown" you meant downtown Columbus.
I wouldn't swear by it, but I had the impression "downtown" referred to lower-numbered streets and avenues.