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kzrdudetoday at 11:18 AM1 replyview on HN

I live in a city (a quite small one) and if I say that I'm going into the city, then it means I leave my neighbourhood (it's in the same city) and I'm going to the city centre.


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ben_wtoday at 12:20 PM

Same. I'm in Berlin, I may say "I'm going to the city/town/village" for different parts of the city-state.