I have never used "up" and "down" for north and south, but to be fair, that is solely to be contrarian in the face of people who used them as synonyms for north

I have never used "up" and "down" for north and south, but to be fair, that is solely to be contrarian in the face of people who used them as synonyms for north and south. Of course, growing up in central Indiana, it was a long while before I even knew what a hill was. People frequently used "up" and "down" directionally, probably because they're nice and short, and there was nothing else to use them for. There was no "over/out"-like distinction for east and west, though. East and west were both "over". That might be related to the general north-south orientation of the state, too. ...And it just occurred to me that north actually is up and south actually is down in most of Indiana. All the rivers run south, to the Ohio, except around Gary and South Bend. Facepalming at my teenaged self right now.