What is "downtowns"

Usage examples of "downtowns".

There are at least four towns here in our corner of New Hampshire that have suffered this unkind fate, and all of them have downtowns that are struggling.

What if the shantytowns and bidonvilles sprouting up around the globe that do not appear on any maps are far more important to the future of civilization than many of the downtowns and prosperous suburbs that do appear on maps?

There was not much of a downtown, or even an “edge city”—as in American cities where the downtowns had become dangerous and the middle class had moved to the outskirts.

Meanwhile the rims themselves tended to turn into the downtowns, as they had the longest views, and access both back in to the old towns in the crater interiors, and out to the many new settlements stretching down the apron.