What does "move down to a place" mean?

[Dia_Nad]

Please, tell me what does it mean: to move down to a place?
Ex. Raymond moved down to Virginia, which is near Washington.

Thanks in advance,
Diana

[Millie]

For your reference.
Words like down or up indicate directions. In your case, down refers to southward (imagine you are locating a certain place on a map). So, it means moving southward.

Millie

[Millie]

My dear,

Down can also be used to indicate things bad. For example, Tom felt quite down yesterday. It means Tom felt upset, unhappy or frustrated for some reason. I look down upon those selfish people. It means I am scornful of those selfish people. Therefore, in your case, it indicates that the man has to move to another place with poor living condition or lower living cost, especially when compared with the place he used to live in. For example, due to some financial troubles, I will move out of the city which is of high living cost and move down to a small county.

Hope this time I will be of some help to you.

Millie

[Millie]

P.S.
I cannot send any private message to you before I have at least 5 posts here in this forum. That is why I cannot give you a reply after receiving your message.

[Dia_Nad]

Hi Millie,

Thank you a lot for your complet answer. It's better that your message is on the forum for everybody.

Regards,

Diana

[Edgarcosco]

Thanks,
Now I understand the mean like down.
I hope to read more e-mails.
Regards,
Edgar

[Dia_Nad]

Thank you for your answer.
Diana