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> I've learned from HN discussions that there is a vast difference in what people think of as a "suburb".

In Australian English, “suburb” roughly means “neighbourhood”. So to us, downtown (or the CBD as we call it), is a “suburb”. In the Australian sense of the term, the Financial District and the Upper East Side are suburbs of New York City.



Yes, when I used to live in Australia them calling everything a 'burb, including the middle of the town, was a bit confusing.


Yeah, when I visited down there I initially misinterpreted what the "CBD bakery" was selling... xD




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