Uptown
(adjective)
Relating to or situated in the residential or more affluent part of a town or city, typically further from the center than the downtown area.
Origin:
First recorded in 1900-05; up + town.
Examples:
- She lived in an uptown neighborhood.
- The uptown shops were more expensive than the downtown ones.
- The uptown restaurant had a dress code.
- The uptown art gallery was hosting a new exhibition.
- The uptown train was more comfortable than the downtown one.