Mike Braking Bad
In conversation of Mike and Jesse at the very start of the new Breaking Bad movie Mike sad:
- Alaska. Up there you can be anything you want.
Why Mike sad UP there not just THERE? Does it make any sense here?
Thank you!
In this case I imagine it is because Alaska is far to the north and remote.
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It is common to use "up" for north and "down" for south.
I am going up to New York to see my sister for a few days, and then, I am going down to Miami to see my brother.
The Oxford Learner's Dictionaries are an excellent resource for non-native speakers.
up
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/american_english/up_1?q=up
meaning 5
to a place in the north of a country
They've moved up north.
We drove up to Maine to see my father.
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