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I've only heard it used in relation to Philadelphia in the US. Everywhere else in the US(and most of Canada) just seems to use downtown to describe their CBD(or uptown for Charlotte).
Though according to the interweb, apparently Charlotte uses "center city" too? (Not sure if that's used much in reality though) And San Diego uses "Centre City supposedly"? Though I've never heard that used in actual conversation and I've been to San Diego a lot and have family there and I can't remember anyone ever saying Centre City instead of downtown San Diego.
I've only heard it used in relation to Philadelphia in the US. Everywhere else in the US(and most of Canada) just seems to use downtown to describe their CBD(or uptown for Charlotte).
Though according to the interweb, apparently Charlotte uses "center city" too? (Not sure if that's used much in reality though) And San Diego uses "Centre City supposedly"? Though I've never heard that used in actual conversation and I've been to San Diego a lot and have family there and I can't remember anyone ever saying Centre City instead of downtown San Diego.
I've only heard it used in relation to Philadelphia in the US. Everywhere else in the US(and most of Canada) just seems to use downtown to describe their CBD(or uptown for Charlotte).
NYC uses Downtown to refer to a specific part of the city center, and not the largest business district. Or even more often, a cardinal direction. Downtown means "down in the map within Manhattan", in NYC. Boston's "Downtown" is defined rather narrowly, the area that feels like part of the city center is more than just downtown.
Yes but nobody defines it as the absolute centre of Paris around where is localised all the activities.
The front of Notre Dame is not a meeting place for Parisians.
It is not at the crossroads of main shopping or entertainment streets.
Similar things can be said for Nihonbashi bridge in Tokyo where is located the 'point zero' but nobody feels that this area is the real city centre district of Tokyo.
Tokyo is a good comparison.
A big wide center and many different districts but there is no small area or square where you can say that you are really in the real centre of the city.
All main shopping, restaurant, entertainment are dispersed all over a big area.
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