re: do more urban areas have multiple words to describe cityscapes which aren't as commonly used here in the toolies?

well, there is the all purpose--"out of towner"-- good for anyone from NJ to ND.. and within the city?

Uptown (as in Uptown Girl-- the song) and downtown, and in NY-- the derogitory "bridge and tunnel crowd" - and "from the boroughs" -- but we also distiguish between west siders-- (tend to be liberal, outspoken, and well read) and east siders (money'd, conservative, and superficial), urban homesteaders-- (good) and gentrifiers (bad).. many neighborhoods have "characteristics", and just saying you're from chelsea-- or the villiage, or alphabet city, or SoHo, or DUMBO, or TriBeca-- can says it all.

Boston has it neighborhoods, as does Philly, and Baltimore..


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