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For instance both Uptown Funk[1] and Summer[2] fall into pop[3] even though they sound like different genres.

This is not true in much of the outer boroughs (and also in much of uptown Manhattan).

Two of them are down near NYU and the other is on the Upper West side, which makes them difficult to access for people living in midtown, uptown and virtually the entire east side.

Or having to go uptown to go downtown because of construction.

> midtown Midtown is not downtown: Hence the name midtown - it's about midway between downtown and uptown.

I don't find myself often venturing to uptown Manhattan, Williamsburg, or anywhere in Queens.

It's extremely useful for getting to downtown from uptown.

But yet when Bloomberg proposed new rules to make it easier for gypsy cabs to operate uptown and the outer boroughs the yellow cabs union pitched a hissy fit.

(4) I agree with Uptown in that you should get rid of the poll/question thing on the right hand side.

If you are standing on a street corner, hail a cab and say 'anyone else going uptown?', that is purely between you and the other passengers, and not between you and the driver.

But I know from friends that those same police officers become totally different people when in a different environment (particularly uptown and in poorer Brooklyn neighborhoods) and especially when dealing with people of color.

Many of Israel's major players are in Haifa (where Israel's equivalent of MIT is located) or Jerusalem or other places - Israel is a tiny nation, the commute from Haifa to Tel Aviv can be quicker than taking the subway from Brooklyn to uptown Manhattan.

Billy Joel had released "Uptown Girl" and the rest of an album of almost doo-wop pop hits.

Plus, who needs realtime train position data when you can just listen for those helpful manual announcements like "An uptown express train is approaching W 4th St."

I tweeted this link and mentioned "uptown" and @HackerNews.

(That doesn't change the semantics, here.) (Waterloo's downtown is branded "uptown".

Look into a small place downtown or downtown/Uptown Oakland which is a lot closer on Bart than many places in the city.

Piedmont Ave, Lakeshore, Uptown, Jack London, Oldtown, Rockridge, Temescal and Lake Merritt are all fantastic neighborhoods for eating (and shopping too).

Great (safe + cool) Oakland neighborhoods: Temescal, Rockridge, Piedmont Ave, Lakeshore, Lake Merritt, Uptown, Old Town, and Jack London//produce & waterfront.