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CBD is by no means Sydney-specific, just FYI, it’s a commonly used term in the English-speaking world. Due to the new-world situation of Australia’s cities, the
by NamTaf 7y ago
CBD is by no means Sydney-specific, just FYI, it’s a commonly used term in the English-speaking world. Due to the new-world situation of Australia’s cities, the CBD and downtown/city centre basically always overlap (I.e: there’s no ‘old town centre’ separate to the highrise district), so Aussies just refer to it all as ‘CBD’.
- loeg 7y agoThe term CBD isn’t used in the US, as far as I’ve ever heard. That’s probably why some commenters will be confused. I am only familiar with it because of a former coworker from Melbourne. (Seattle is sort of similar in that there isn’t really an old town center, or rather it’s directly adjacent to the downtown highrises (Pioneer Square).)
- twic 7y agoIt's not used in the UK either. Or rather, it's a technical term in human geography, probably used by geographers all over the world, but it's only in Australia that it's used in everyday language: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_business_district https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_business_district
- kingofpandora 7y agoI believe it's used in New Orleans. That's the only place I'd heard it before going to Australia.
- loeg 7y agoPerhaps I should have said "widely used." :-) I have never been to Louisiana, but I've been to several states.
- nsxwolf 7y agoI never heard CBD until the first time I went to Sydney, but I understand it's common. I think in the US we tend to name our CBDs instead, like Chicago has "The Loop" and most places just say "downtown".
- basch 7y agoIsnt it used in Dallas sometimes? Dallas also has a separate Uptown from Downtown.