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Uptown vs Suburbs - What's the difference?

uptown | suburbs |

As nouns the difference between uptown and suburbs

is that uptown is (chiefly|north america) the residential part of a city, away from the commercial center while suburbs is the populated area surrounding a city.

As an adverb uptown

is (us) to or in the upper part of a town.

uptown

English

(wikipedia uptown)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chiefly, North America) the residential part of a city, away from the commercial center

    • Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (US) To or in the upper part of a town.
    • Let's go uptown .

    See also

    * downtown * oldtown

    suburbs

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The populated area surrounding a city.
  • (by extension) English plurals