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Re:A Western Sydney Gang Got Hold of Military-Grade Rocket L... by loeg on Thursday October 31, 2019 @09:22AM (#21408395)
The 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).)

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Re:A Western Sydney Gang Got Hold of Military-Grade Rocket L... by twic on Thursday October 31, 2019 @09:38AM (#21408556)
It'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

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Re:A Western Sydney Gang Got Hold of Military-Grade Rocket L... by kingofpandora on Thursday October 31, 2019 @10:40AM (#21409308)
I believe it's used in New Orleans. That's the only place I'd heard it before going to Australia.
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Re:A Western Sydney Gang Got Hold of Military-Grade Rocket L... by loeg on Thursday October 31, 2019 @11:30AM (#21409851)
Perhaps I should have said "widely used." :-) I have never been to Louisiana, but I've been to several states.
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