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Originally Posted by Drybrain
This seems to be a perennial Toronto point of contention. A lot of people seem to define practically anywhere between the Don and the Humber as downtown. I get that if someone is in, say, Markham, and they're going to Parkdale, they might say they're going "downtown" as a general directional indicator.
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In Toronto having those in the suburbs refer to virtually all of the Old City (and even parts of the York's) as "downtown" is more or less synonymous with people in the Bay Area referring to San Francisco as the "City". Or those in the NYC area with Manhattan, without trying to invoke *that* comparison. In context it simply means inner-city. I have heard the term "City" refer to older parts of Toronto as well, but it's much more rare than just downtown.
To keep things simple I usually say I live downtown when someone from the GTA asks, and say Parkdale when someone from Toronto asks.