Do you use ‘uptown’ and ‘downtown’ around here? What do they mean?
| DOWNTOWN | 688 |
| UPTOWN | 580 |
| NR | 139 |
| TOWARD THE BUSINESS DISTRICT–DOWNTOWN | 29 |
| TOWARD THE BUSINESS DISTRICT–UPTOWN | 19 |
| NH | 17 |
| OVER TOWN | 14 |
| GOING TO TOWN | 13 |
| DOWNSTREET | 12 |
| UPSTREET | 9 |
| TOWARD BUSINESS DISTRICT–DOWNTOWN | 8 |
| TOWARD BUSINESS DISTRICT–UPTOWN | 5 |
| TOWARD THE BUSINESS DISTRICT–UPTOWN OR DOWNTOWN | 4 |
| DOWN THE ROAD | 3 |
| MATTER OF TOPOGRAPHY–UPTOWN OR DOWNTOWN | 3 |
| UP THE ROAD | 3 |
| AWAY FROM BUSINESS DISTRICT–UPTOWN | 2 |
| AWAY FROM THE BUSINESS DISTRICT–UPTOWN | 2 |
| BUSINESS DISTRICT–DOWNTOWN | 2 |
| MIDDLE OF THE CITY–MIDTOWN | 2 |
| OVER STREET | 2 |
| OVER TO TOWN | 2 |
| PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH END GO UPTOWN | 2 |
| SHOPPING DISTRICT–DOWNTOWN | 2 |
| UPTOWN SAME AS DOWNTOWN | 2 |
| “UPTOWN, DOWNTOWN–BOTH MEAN BUSINESS DISTRICT” | 2 |
| A COUNTRY PERSON GOES UPTOWN AND A CITY PERSON GOES DOWNTOWN | 1 |
| ABOVE CANAL STREET–UPTOWN | 1 |
| AWAY FROM BUSINESS DISTRICT FOR MANHATTAN–UPTOWN | 1 |
| “AWAY FROM BUSINESS DISTRICT, BUT ALSO HIGHER LAND–UPTOWN” | 1 |
| AWAY FROM BUSINESS DISTRICT–DOWNTOWN | 1 |
| AWAY FROM THE ORIGINAL BUSINES DISTRICT–UPTOWN | 1 |
| BACK HOME | 1 |
| BACK RIDGE | 1 |
| BETTER AND RICHER PART OF TOWN–UPTOWN | 1 |
| BUSINESS DISTRICT OR LOWER OR SOUTHERN–DOWNTOWN | 1 |
| BUSINESS DISTRICT UPTOWN AND DOWNTOWN | 1 |
| DOWN ON THE RIVER WHERE THE OLD TOWN WAS–DOWNTOWN | 1 |
| DOWN SOUTH–NOT ‘DOWNTOWN’ | 1 |
| DOWN THE HILL | 1 |
| DOWN THE RIVER | 1 |
| DOWNGRADE | 1 |
| DOWNTOWN AREA | 1 |
| DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN | 1 |
| DOWNTOWN LAKESIDE | 1 |
| DOWNTOWN MORE COMMON–BOTH USED | 1 |
| DOWNTOWN NEW YORK | 1 |
| DOWNTOWN RIVERSIDE | 1 |
| DOWNTOWN TOWARD BUSINESS DISTRICT | 1 |
| DOWNTOWN TOWARD THE BUSINESS DISTRICT | 1 |
| DOWNTOWN–DOWNTOWN | 1 |
| “EAST, UP ON THE HILL–UPTOWN” | 1 |
| EXCLUSIVE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT–UPTOWN | 1 |
| FROM THE BUSINESS DISTRICT -SOUTH TO NORTH–UPTOWN | 1 |
| GOING NORTH THROUGH PARADISE–UPTOWN | 1 |
| GOING NORTH TOWARDS THE BUSINESS DISTRICT–UPTOWN | 1 |
| GOING SOUTH THROUGH PARADISE–DOWNTOWN | 1 |
| GOING SOUTH TOWARDS THE BUSINESS DISTRICT–DOWNTOWN | 1 |
| GOING TO CITY | 1 |
| GOING TO CORNERS | 1 |
| HARLEM–UPTOWN | 1 |
| HIGHEST PART OF TOWN–UPTOWN–BUSINESS DISTRICT | 1 |
| IF SOUTH OF TOWN GO UPTOWN | 1 |
| IF YOU LIVE IN THE NORTH YOU GO DOWNTOWN | 1 |
| IF YOU LIVE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN YOU GO DOWNTOWN | 1 |
| IF YOU LIVE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN YOU GO UPTOWN | 1 |
| IN TOWN | 1 |
| IN TOWN–BOSTON PROPER | 1 |
| IN TOWN–HARRISBURG | 1 |
| INTERCHANGEABLY | 1 |
| JUST GOING TO TOWN | 1 |
| LUDLOW CENTER–UPTOWN | 1 |
| LUDLOW VILLAGE TOWARD THE BUSINESS DISTRICT–DOWNTOWN | 1 |
| MAIN BUSINESS DISTRICT–UPTOWN | 1 |
| MATTER OF TOPOGRAPHY–UPTOWN AND DOWNTOWN | 1 |
| NO CLEAR DISTINCTION–UPTOWN OR DOWNTOWN | 1 |
| NORTH END OF ISLAND PEOPLE–DOWNTOWN | 1 |
| NORTH TOWARD THE BUSINESS DISTRICT–UPTOWN | 1 |
| “NORTH, OTHER SIDE OF RAILROAD–UPTOWN” | 1 |
| NORTHERN OR HIGHER PART OF TOWN–UPTOWN | 1 |
| NOT MUCH USED–UPTOWN | 1 |
| OLD PART OF TOWN–DOWNTOWN | 1 |
| OLD PART–UPTOWN | 1 |
| OLD SECTION OF TOWN–UPTOWN | 1 |
| OVER THE ROAD | 1 |
| OVER TO EAST ARLINGTON | 1 |
| OVER TO THE DOWNTOWN–OVERTOWN | 1 |
| “OVER TO THE LIBERTY, NORTH OF TOWN” | 1 |
| PEOPLE GO TO TOWN | 1 |
| PEOPLE GO TO TOWN IF THEY LIVE ABOUT ONE MILE FROM CENTER | 1 |
| PEOPLE IN THE NORTH END GO DOWNTOWN | 1 |
| PEOPLE ON NORTH SIDE SAY LET’S GO DOWNTOWN | 1 |
| RESIDENTIAL PART–UPTOWN | 1 |
| RICHER PART OF TOWN–UPTOWN | 1 |
| SAME AS UPSTREET | 1 |
| SHOPPING AND WORK DISTRICT–BOTH USED | 1 |
| “SHOPPING AREA, BUSY SECTION–DOWNTOWN” | 1 |
| SHOPPING SECTION OF TOWN–DOWNTOWN | 1 |
| “SOUTH, ON THIS SIDE OF RAILROAD–DOWNTOWN” | 1 |
| STREETS FROM FIRST UP TO TENTH WHERE STORES ARE–DOWNTOWN | 1 |
| TO BUSINESS DISTRICT–UPTOWN | 1 |
| TO THE SQUARE–UP | 1 |
| “TOWARD BIG STAR, WEST OF TOWN- DOWNTOWN” | 1 |
| TOWARD SHOPPING DISTRICT–UPTOWN MORE COMMON | 1 |
| TOWARD THE BUSINESS DISTRICT FOR MANHATTAN–DOWNTOWN | 1 |
| TOWARD THE BUSINESS DISTRICT IN A BIG CITY–DOWNTOWN | 1 |
| TOWARD THE BUSINESS DISTRICT- UPTOWN | 1 |
| TOWARD THE BUSINESS DISTRICT–NORTH TO SOUTH–DOWNTOWN | 1 |
| TOWARD THE BUSNINESS DISTRICT–DOWNTOWN | 1 |
| “TOWARD THE NORTH, THE WEST–UPTOWN” | 1 |
| “TOWARD THE RIVER AT BOTTOM OF HILL, WEST–DOWNTOWN” | 1 |
| “TOWARD THE SOUTH, THE EAST–DOWNTOWN” | 1 |
| UP INTO TOWN | 1 |
| UPGRADE | 1 |
| UPTOWN AND DOWNTOWN BOTH USED | 1 |
| UPTOWN COMMON TERM | 1 |
| UPTOWN NOT USED | 1 |
| UPTOWN OR DOWNTOWN–BOTH USED | 1 |
| UPTOWN–TOWARD THE STORES | 1 |
| WE GO OUT IN THE TOWN | 1 |
| WE JUST GO TO TOWN | 1 |
| WHERE THE STORES ARE–UPTOWN OR DOWNTOWN | 1 |
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