"It's just like New York"

[David A. Daniel]

I've never heard that, but it could be an east coast thing. I've often
heard, but rarely used, "Just like downtown" to mean something done well or
correctly or something supposed to be of high quality. The Google hits I
read re New Yrk seem to be literal.
DAD


Poster:       "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>
Subject:      Q:  "It's just like New York"
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"It's just like New York" -- does anyone think of this phrase as
meaning that something has been done well or correctly, or some
similar meaning?

Joel

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