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The part of every city that's too busy working to have a personality.
means The central business district of a city, lying between its downtown core and uptown residential areas.
from Straightforward compound of 'mid' (middle) and 'town' — coined in American English, most famously to name the stretch of Manhattan between Lower and Upper New York, as the city's grid sorted itself into a geography of downtown, midtown, and uptown.
- nyc origin
- term exists because manhattan is too long to call downtown
- skyline logic
- packed with offices because bedrock there is shallow enough to build on
- rush hour
- empties out completely by 7pm, unlike downtown or uptown
- identity crisis
- every mid-sized city has one, none can describe its vibe