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The title of a Take Free magazine I picked up at Shimokitazawa is

> とりあえず、シモキタで 降りなよ

What does 「な」 in 「降りなよ」 mean in this context?

I'm sure it isn't a negative; _not_ dropping off by Shimokitazawa.
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What does 「な」 in 「降りなよ」 mean in this context?
This use of 「な」 is simply a contracted form of the imperative construction
～なさい that attaches to the stem form (連用形) of a verb.

[See definition 1.2 at
goo辞書](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/162229/m1u/%E3%81%AA/):

> 《補助動詞「なさる」の命令形「なさい」の省略形》
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> 動詞・動詞型助動詞の連用形に付く。命令の意を表す。
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> 「早く行き―」「好きなようにやり―」

So, as you suspected, it does not mean "don't such-and-such", but rather "
_do_ such-and-such".

I'm not sure that "drop off by" makes sense here as a translation of 降りる -
"get off at" Shimokitazawa seems more likely, assuming there is a train
station or something nearby.
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