Re: [tlug] Where can I buy Debian CDs in Tokyo?

[Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com>]

On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Lyle H Saxon wrote:

> I've heard of "downtown" in each and every city but never "uptown".

That's because, outside of NYC, "downtown" is the equivalant of the
French term "centre-ville".

Poor old NYC, came up with the term and it was hijacked for other
purposes. (Though don't ask me to prove this; even my OED has a
curiously short entry under this heading.)

> Yeah - whatever.  Shitamachi or "Low city" here and whatever those
> crazy people in New York go for.

Now now!

> "Low city" is a good translation for "shitamachi" though.

I'm not sure I buy this. Having spent a year or two working in
Asakusa-bashi, which is certainly shitamachi if any place is, I've
got to say from experience that tachinomi makes you "higher" rather
than "lower".

cjs
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