In my upbringing, 'downtown' just meant the central business area of the smallish town I lived in.
In the medium sized town I'm in now, the merchant organization is the Downtown Association. It's the core area of the town -- stores, restaurants, city hall, police, fire, county courthouse, library, swimming pool, city park, community theater, churches, post office -- as opposed to the shopping centers that have developed on the outskirts of town. This would include an area about 10 blocks long by 4 blocks wide. Downtown Portland would include a larger area since it is a much larger city. I would make a guess that an area about 20 blocks square would fit the designation. Does anyone from a different area of this country have another meaning to 'downtown'? Alice in Oregon -- with a weather warning of freezing rain. Portland is supposed to be ice-covered for the morning commute. It's raining now, so wet or ice here depends on the air temp by morning. I'm glad I'm retired. --- Jean Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can someone in the US tell me what you mean by > "downtown"? To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
