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If you cross Van Ness ave. in San Francisco, you are then in the Western Addition. If you have entered another part of town, then you're no longer in the one that you came from. THAT'S the only thing that should be obvious LOL wow!
My origional question was: how would you know you're not in the main headquarters of the city has ended? Your answer seems to based on just neighborhood names rather than what's in where you are.
Sounds like you spent a lot of time in East Village. That's where a lot of those new condos are, especially on Market Street. One thing is that downtown SD now has grocery stores you can walk to, there are at least two that I know of off the top of my head.
East Village right--my wife and I ate in a good little French restaurant there. Seemed to be a nice enough area that seemed to be being developed pretty quickly. There were other areas just outside downtown that seemed okay, but looked like they could use some more amenities(Banker's Hill, Golden Hill). Seems like there's a lot of newer infill in parts of downtown--some other parts seem to have a lot of parking lots and are sparse. I like San Diego, though the parts I like seem sort of disconnected from each other--it's more of a driving town.
My origional question was: how would you know you're not in the main headquarters of the city has ended? Your answer seems to based on just neighborhood names rather than what's in where you are.
And I've already answered that question. You just don't want to admit, or are for whatever reason, lacking the capacity to understand that there are boundaries. I know they are neighborhood names. See most cities have this bad habit of building neighborhoods outside of their downtowns. If you think it's just me:
It's of downtown Seattle and behold, they superimposed boundaries for the downtown area. Now just in case it doesn't display properly:
North boundary: Denny Way
Northeast boundary: part of I 5 and east Pike st.
South boundary: south Dearborn st.
southwest boundary: 4th avenue south and part of the road to access Safeco field.
Western Boundary: Elliot Bay which is part of Puget Sound
the only one who seems confused beyond all logic is you so if you still don't get it, then I'll leave you to your thoughts because again, I am not qualified to help you understand reality.
East Village right--my wife and I ate in a good little French restaurant there. Seemed to be a nice enough area that seemed to be being developed pretty quickly. There were other areas just outside downtown that seemed okay, but looked like they could use some more amenities(Banker's Hill, Golden Hill). Seems like there's a lot of newer infill in parts of downtown--some other parts seem to have a lot of parking lots and are sparse. I like San Diego, though the parts I like seem sort of disconnected from each other--it's more of a driving town.
Yes East Village is growing rapidly. The city does have a disconnected feel and that's because it's built on a series of low mesas with canyons in between. Definitely more of a driving city but this is slowly starting to change.
There's the inescapable concrete slab, but a lot of the office buildings face the street and it's in the city center in a busy area right next to the central station.
Part-Dieu is a really good example. It almost looks Montreal-ish with its mix of traditional and modern.
Yes, here in BC the signs directing people say " City Centre " but when speaking people will say downtown. One metro stop in Vancouver is called " Vancouver Centre ".
Ontario uses both, interestingly enough.
For older more established cities like Toronto and Ottawa, it uses downtown. I believe it also uses downtown for smaller cities like Cornwall, Brockville, Kingston, etc. and a bunch of others.
For newer more sprawling cities that have less of defined centre (Mississauga, Vaughan, Markham, Pickering, Ajax, etc.) I believe Ontario uses "City Centre" or even "Town Centre" in some cases.
Quebec of course uses "Centre-Ville" on all signs for city centres.
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