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Originally Posted by Cirrus
Yeah totally for DC. For anyone who lives outside the Beltway, "downtown" is all of the District of Columbia, or at least most of it.
Yeah that's what I was thinking. Considering that this does happen in Chicago, and that Chicago is bigger than Houston by every conceivable measure, the size of the city isn't the determining factor here.
It'd be interesting to compare other cities with tightly-encircling downtown loop highways. I assume Dallas is probably the same as Houston. How about Phoenix where the loop is just a *little* further out? Or how about Detroit where there is a clear non-downtown delineation between the city and the suburbs?
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Downtown Phoenix has a tight-loop about 2 miles by 3 miles but north of downtown is a tunnel and for several blocks its a park with urban development happening both north and south of it.
People that live centrally will define the areas as Downtown Midtown Uptown(and/or) North Central, also "biltmore" However I have heard relatives that live way out in the suburbs just refer to the whole area as downtown or near downtown or outside of downtown. Calling the whole thing "central Phoenix" has become common as well, generally defining the older areas most this website would consider, early "first ring" Suburbs and old town centers. We also have some major highway loops and mountains that help define what is "central" and what is not and it has very little to do with city limit borders.
I now live in "midtown" but if somebody asked my parents or Sister where I live who isn't familiar with town would just say "downtown" near Downtown or Central Phoenix.
You have to keep in Mind we are still relatively "new" so there isnt an incredibly long history of what areas are what and what they are called, what is today "central phoenix" was ...well the whole metro in 1965. Its not like its had multiple generations of people to really set a hard definition. Still in process.