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Old 01-02-2005, 02:54 PM
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Originally posted by DeltAlum
Sort of like that is the area of Denver called LoDo, for "lower downtown," which you would expect to be below downtown on the map -- or South. It's actually North.
Other trendy, contrived acronyms:

TriBeCa - "Triangle Below Canal Street" in Lower Manhattan. The original and best, as our own PhiPsiRuss will attest.

SoMa - "South of Market Street" in San Francisco.

SoBe - "South Beach" in Miami.
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